Bring to... bear, right?

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Yep; bring to bear. This is in most unabridged dictionaries, but Google is also useful in such cases.

I note, for the trivia minded, that as a child seeing bring to bear in (I think) Alcott's Little Men, puzzled me mightily because there was a character named Bear.
 

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unless its erotica, then it could be "bring to bare" :)
 

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Or if the characters are going to a bar it might be bring to beer.
 

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Or non-fiction wildlife expenditions that Bring to Bear.