bring up

verb

1. to care for and train (a child); rear

   we had been brought up to go to church

2. to raise (a subject) for discussion; mention

3. to vomit (food)

4. (foll by against) to cause (a person) to face or confront

5. (foll by to) to cause (something) to be of a required standard

Idioms and Phrases

Raise from childhood, rear. For example, Bringing up children is both difficult and rewarding . [Late 1400s]

Introduce into discussion, mention, as in Let's not bring up the cost right now . [Second half of 1800s]

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

He tapped the screen and brought up a map of Hilltop Farm.

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He brings up the University of Derby's abandoned proposals.

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“The worst part on the way back were the switchbacks. Almost all the trail was covered with powdery snow brought up with the wind, it was very hard to go with just microspikes.”

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Few respondents brought up the shutdown in this month’s interviews, she said.

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Iyer brought up his 50 from 67 deliveries before Marsh turned to Mitchell Starc in a bid to break the partnership.

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