'V n against n' - Construction 4
| Name: | the bring an action against someone construction |
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| Description: | A person does something that attacks someone. |
| Verbs: | bring, direct, hold, level, perpetrate, make out |
| Example: | Mr. Friedland brought several actions against contractors that had built the mining facility. (enTenTen20) |
| Membership: | figurative 'against'; non-relational; harm |
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