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单词 bring up
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bring up

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verb (tr, adverb)

to care for and train (a child); rearwe 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

bring to light, bring to mind, bring to one's knees, bring to pass, bring to terms, bring up, bring up the rear, bring up to date, brinjal, brink, Brinkley
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with bring up

bring up

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).

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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