bring the house down

A form of bring down the house — To garner enthusiastic or wild applause or laughter.

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Meanings

verbbring the house down (third-person singular simple present brings the house down, present participle bringing the house down, simple past and past participle brought the house down)

present singular third person brings the house down · participle present bringing the house down · participle past brought the house down · past brought the house down

  1. alternativeAlternative form of bring down the house.

    He sits back in anticipation of bringing the house down, but there’s merely silence. Until pretty much everyone chimes in with: ‘So, Horner’s syndrome then?’

    2017, Adam Kay, This Is Going to Hurt: Secret Diaries of a Junior Doctor, London: Picador, →ISBN, page 9
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APA

bring the house down. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bring%20the%20house%20down

MLA

“bring the house down.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bring%20the%20house%20down. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bring the house down,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bring%20the%20house%20down.

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