bring down the house

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bring down the house (third-person singular simple present brings down the house, present participle bringing down the house, simple past and past participle brought down the house)

  1. (idiomatic) To garner enthusiastic or wild applause or laughter.
    • 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables:
      "Well, your recitations just brought down the house, Anne. That sad one was simply splendid."

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