bring up

British  

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

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bring up Idioms  

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

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

3. 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).

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Example Sentences

"It brought up a lot of things for people. Things said or left unsaid. And then we started talking about the film, but also about Sergei and the island and their relationship."

From BBC

Throughout the oral arguments, various justices brought up concerns about the potential for absentee voters to recall their ballots to change or alter them in some type of way.

From Salon

The two Aston Martins brought up the tail of the field on a weekend on which engine partner Honda want to show improvement on its home track after a dire start to the season.

From BBC

His father is an Ayurvedic practitioner and his mother stayed at home to bring up the family.

From BBC

But then, as the dinner continued, Hassabis brought up other hot technologies: virtual reality, augmented reality, 3-D printing.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• allude to
• broach
• discuss
• introduce
• propose
• raise
• refer
• submit
• touch on