bring down the house
Example Sentences
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Not everyone can bring down the house with a song like “Endangered Species.”
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 13, 2022
In 2046 it’ll be time for her creator, the cabaret chanteuse Justin Vivian Bond, to drink up, close the bar — and bring down the house.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2021
Among the stars to bring down the house for this year's Academy of Country Music Awards was Miranda Lambert.
From Fox News • Sep. 16, 2020
Without hesitation, he recalled “Misirlou” from his childhood — his father was Lebanese — and proceeded to bring down the house by performing the song in double time, entirely on the low E string.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2019
This was designed to bring down the house, and usually it did.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
