DCHP-2

bring down DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• 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".