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bring down
DCHP-2 (Nov 2012)
v. — phrasal verb, Politics
to present a budget, law, report, etc.
Type: 1. Origin — The term bring down appears to have been used in written Canadian English since at least the late 1850s, particularly in parliament settings. It also appears in the New Zealand Dictionary of English (NZDE), which points towards British colonial usage, which is confirmed by Chart 1, showing Canadian, UK, Australian and South African figures high.
See also COD-2, s.v. "bring", which is marked "Cdn", and ITP Nelson, s.v. "bring down" (3), which is marked "Canadian & British", and DNZE, s.v. "bring".
See also COD-2, s.v. "bring", which is marked "Cdn", and ITP Nelson, s.v. "bring down" (3), which is marked "Canadian & British", and DNZE, s.v. "bring".
Quotations
1858
If, as Financial Secretary, it became my duty to bring down the budget, and the initiation of all money votes was entrusted to the government, the administration would be fairly and justly blamable [...]
1874
His first act was to bring down a budget with an error against the Dominion of nearly $1,000,000 [...]
1890
[...] the "failure of the Government to bring down the budget, several departmental reports [...]"
1902
[...] but if there are to be any tariff changes their nature will not be known until the finance minister brings down his budget.
1939
Hon. Charles Dunning [...] told the House of Commons Friday he hoped to bring down the budget early in April.
1972
If you ask him a question about finance he looks shocked, says everybody knows he can't discuss finance until he brings down his budget.
1980
Both [...] said the Government should bring down an early budget to address Canada's economic problems.
1993
A budget delay might present problems for the provinces, which normally bring down their budgets in the spring after they've seen what the federal government is doing, said George Vasic economist with DRI Canada.
1998
The official Opposition calls upon Finance Minister [Paul] Martin to [...] bring down a new budget plan to address the present concerns.
2003
Now that the provincial Tories no longer need to have the Legislature in session, or even be present in the buildings at Queen's Park, to bring down an Ontario budget, and can do the whole thing in a TV studio, it's time to move ahead with Stage Two.
References
- ITP Nelson
- DNZE
- COD-2
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