bring up
to care for and train (a child); rear: we had been brought up to go to church
to raise (a subject) for discussion; mention
to vomit (food)
(foll by against) to cause (a person) to face or confront
(foll by to) to cause (something) to be of a required standard
Words Nearby bring up
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How to use bring up in a sentence
And visitors can bring up to $100 worth of Cuban cigars back to the U.S. with them.
Obama Realizes What 10 Presidents Didn’t: Isolating Cuba Doesn’t Work | Christopher Dickey | December 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat better way to bring up a serious issue without commandeering the meal?
Another study gender-pay-gap truthers bring up is one that found that young women in some cities are actually paid more than men.
The Gender-Pay Gap: It’s Real, and Yes, It’s Sexism | Monica Potts | September 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne press of a button and the app will bring up driving directions to a safer location.
The Israeli App Red Alert Saves Lives—but It Just Might Drive You Nuts | Itay Hod | July 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI was debating whether to bring up Chuck Norris or Scientology first, and I went with Chuck Norris.
Paul Haggis on Scientology, the ‘Crash’ Oscar, and ‘Third Person’ | Kevin Fallon | June 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
How shall we, how can we virtuously bring up our motherless little sister?
The Daisy Chain | Charlotte YongeDo you think thats a good way to bring up girlsletting them go to work so early in life?
The Girls of Central High on the Stage | Gertrude W. MorrisonAnd say: Why did thy mother the lioness lie down among the lions, and bring up her whelps in the midst of young lions?
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousIf an artisan has taken a son to bring up, and has caused him to learn his handicraft, no one has any claim.
The Oldest Code of Laws in the World | Hammurabi, King of BabylonHis wife was trying to run the place and to bring up several children, whose condition had aroused the mother instinct in Helen.
Mystery Ranch | Arthur Chapman
Other Idioms and Phrases with bring up
Raise from childhood, rear. For example, Bringing up children is both difficult and rewarding. [Late 1400s]
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