bring up
Britishverb
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to care for and train (a child); rear
we had been brought up to go to church
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to raise (a subject) for discussion; mention
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to vomit (food)
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(foll by against) to cause (a person) to face or confront
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(foll by to) to cause (something) to be of a required standard
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Raise from childhood, rear. For example, Bringing up children is both difficult and rewarding . [Late 1400s]
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Introduce into discussion, mention, as in Let's not bring up the cost right now . [Second half of 1800s]
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Vomit, as in She still felt sick but couldn't bring up anything . This usage was first recorded in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719).
Example Sentences
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Off the first ball of 19th over - and with a new batter at the non-striker's end - he bunted Shanaka down the ground for a single to bring up his century.
From BBC
In the séance room, the young women—brought up to be seen and not heard—were heard, but not seen.
From Literature
The very thought of jungles brought up visions of all kinds of man-eating things like lions, tigers, and gorillas.
From Literature
First, of the “four reasons to ride the Korean bull” the note brings up is that memory chip super-cycle.
From MarketWatch
"Everybody just wanted to be firemen because we were brought up with it all the time... everything was involved around the fire brigade."
From BBC
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