bring with
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From a substrate of Germanic immigrant languages to the Midwest that feature the same construction. Compare German mitbringen, Norwegian Bokmål medbringe, and Danish medbringe.
Verb[edit]
bring with (third-person singular simple present brings with, present participle bringing with, simple past and past participle brought with)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, with.
- (transitive, informal, Upper Midwestern US) to bring someone or something along
- "Can my friend come along?" ― "Yeah, you can bring her with."
Usage notes[edit]
- The construction of bring with as a particle verb, as above, is dialectal. See Upper Midwest American English grammar.