bringing-up

noun

another term for upbringing

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Words nearby bringing-up

bring forth, bring forward, bring home, bring home the bacon, bring in, bringing-up, bring into line, bring into the world, bring off, bring on, bring out

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Example sentences from the Web for bringing-up

Born at Vicenza, he had the bringing-up and education of a gentleman.
Idling in Italy|Joseph Collins
Our troubles were, of course, largely due to our bringing-up.
Wanted: A Cook|Alan Dale
Her bringing-up, her class-feelings impelled her to consider adultery a heinous thing.
Csar or Nothing|Po Baroja Baroja
Very often their faults are attributed to their bringing-up.
Peeps Into China|E. C. Phillips

Would have been self-willed (he thought in his eminently practical way) but for her bringing-up.
Hard Times|Charles Dickens

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