usher in
to start something
TRANSLATION
usher in = etwas einleiten, einläuten --- GOOGLE INDEX usher in: approximately 6,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
Smiles and handshakes USHER IN what will be a rocky period for China-Taiwan relations.
The Economist
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US lawmakers are close to finalizing legislation that will overhaul the country's financial system and USHER IN new rules for Wall Street.
(Reuters news service)
The Economist
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US lawmakers are close to finalizing legislation that will overhaul the country's financial system and USHER IN new rules for Wall Street.
(Reuters news service)
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usher in
phrasal verb
- to be at the start of a new period, especially when important changes or new things happen, or to cause important changes to start happening
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Usher in can be used in either the literal sense of showing someone into a building or a room, or in the figurative sense of causing or representing the start of something new.
Music critics have long argued about who or what ushered in the era of rock and roll for instance. Rolling Stone Magazine argues that Elvis Presley's 1954 début song "That's All Right (Mama)" is the first true rock record. But what about early rockers like Chuck Berry or Jerry Lee Lewis? John Lennon once said, "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry."
The term "rock and roll" was first applied to music by the American disc jockey Alan Freed after the Trixie song "My Baby Rocks me With One Steady Roll." Before that rock and roll was teenage slang for a physical relationship. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richard aptly put it when he said, "Rock and roll is music for the neck downwards."
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SYNONYMS
herald in, introduce, launch, set in motion, get things rolling, herald, mark the start of, signal, announce, give notice of, ring in, show in, set the scene for, pave the way for, clear the way for, open the way for, smooth the path of; portend, foreshadow; start, begin, initiate, introduce, put in place, open the door to, allow to happen, inaugurate, get going, get off the ground, set in motion, get under way, kick off, launch, cause; precede, antecede
"the railways ushered in an era of cheap mass travel"
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"The new agreement will usher in a new era of cooperation between management and the unions."
phrasal verb
- to be at the start of a new period, especially when important changes or new things happen, or to cause important changes to start happening
(Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary)
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Usher in can be used in either the literal sense of showing someone into a building or a room, or in the figurative sense of causing or representing the start of something new.
Music critics have long argued about who or what ushered in the era of rock and roll for instance. Rolling Stone Magazine argues that Elvis Presley's 1954 début song "That's All Right (Mama)" is the first true rock record. But what about early rockers like Chuck Berry or Jerry Lee Lewis? John Lennon once said, "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might call it Chuck Berry."
The term "rock and roll" was first applied to music by the American disc jockey Alan Freed after the Trixie song "My Baby Rocks me With One Steady Roll." Before that rock and roll was teenage slang for a physical relationship. Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richard aptly put it when he said, "Rock and roll is music for the neck downwards."
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SYNONYMS
herald in, introduce, launch, set in motion, get things rolling, herald, mark the start of, signal, announce, give notice of, ring in, show in, set the scene for, pave the way for, clear the way for, open the way for, smooth the path of; portend, foreshadow; start, begin, initiate, introduce, put in place, open the door to, allow to happen, inaugurate, get going, get off the ground, set in motion, get under way, kick off, launch, cause; precede, antecede
"the railways ushered in an era of cheap mass travel"
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"The new agreement will usher in a new era of cooperation between management and the unions."
