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bring about

verb
  1. To cause to take place. (transitive) · The collapse of the gold standard brought about much of the economic turmoil of that era.
  2. To accomplish, to achieve. (transitive) · I hope to bring about a successful conclusion.
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That would bring about a discovery which would inevitably lead to our being separated.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 182 · C1
"Any police interference would bring about the very catastrophe which you dread." I took out my notebook and scribbled one word upon a loose sheet.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes, p. 19 · B2
Noirtier possessed this peculiarity, he never projected any Utopian schemes which could never be realized, but strove for possibilities, and he applied to the realization of these possibilities the terrible theories of The Mountain,—theories that never shrank from any means that were deemed necessary to bring about the desired result.”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 633 · C1

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