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What (who) is bring down - definition

ORIGINAL SONG WRITTEN AND COMPOSED BY JEFF LYNNE; FIRST RECORDED AND RELEASED BY ELECTRIC LIGHT ORCHESTRA
Don't Bring Me Down (ELO single); Don't Bring Me Down (song); Dont bring me down; Don't Bring Me Down (Electric Light Orchestra song)

bring down         
1.
When people or events bring down a government or ruler, they cause the government or ruler to lose power.
They were threatening to bring down the government by withdrawing from the ruling coalition...
His challenge to Mrs Thatcher brought her down.
= topple
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P
2.
If someone or something brings down a person or aeroplane, they cause them to fall, usually by shooting them.
Military historians may never know what brought down the jet.
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), also V n P
bring down         
Humble, abase.
bring down         
v.
1) (mil.) (D; tr.) ('to call for') to bring down on (the artillery spotter brought down fire on the enemy tanks)
2) (D; tr.) ('to reduce') to bring down to (they finally brought the price down to a reasonable figure)

Wikipedia

Don't Bring Me Down

"Don't Bring Me Down" is the ninth and final track on the English rock band the Electric Light Orchestra's 1979 album Discovery. It is their highest-charting hit in the United States to date.

Examples of use of bring down
1. It is not enough merely to bring down the government.
2. A bar on east European workers won‘t bring down unemployment.
3. Hence, Israel’s rampage to bring down Hezbollah and Hamas.
4. Bush to increase supplies to help bring down prices.
5. Lower gas prices should help bring down those costs.