bring up
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bring up
Where it comes from
From Middle English bryngen up, dissimilated from Middle English upbryngen (“to bring up, raise”). Doublet of upbring.
verb brings up · bringing up · brought up · brung up
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position. When you're in the basement, can you bring up the paints?
- To mention. Don't bring up politics if you want to have a quiet conversation with that guy.
- To raise or rear (children). In the present writer's opinion there was no greater and more successful locomotive engineer in the country, during the first quarter-century, than George Jackson Churchward of the Great Western Railway. This statement is made without prejudice, for I was brought up on the other line extending from
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To uncover, to bring from obscurity; to resurface (e.g. a memory)
A short Internet search brought up some amazing details of this story.
Similar: bring back
- To turn on power or start, as of a machine. Wait a minute while I bring up my computer.
- To check (a newly-assembled printed circuit board) for errors. Anyone who's been tasked with bringing up a board knows how trying it is.
- To vomit. I was very ill today; I kept bringing up everything I ate.
- To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion. "[…]Mr. Wolfe, I beg you—I beg of you—" I was sure she was going to cry and I didn't want her to. But Wolfe brusquely brought her up: "That's all, Miss Barstow.[…]"
- To reach a particular score, especially a milestone. Warner smacked a four over midwicket to bring up his century.
- To legally charge and put on trial; to position (someone) for judgement or examination by authority. The book [The Gilded Hearse] was brought up on obscenity charges, partly as a result of the gay content, but a New York magistrate dismissed the charges.
- To level type or make it ready for printing by overlaying it.
- To prepare a vein for an injection.
Translations
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verb bring from a lower to a higher position
| Español | levantar, alzar, traer (desde abajo) |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | hochbringen, hinaufschaffen |
| Italiano | sollevare |
verb mention
| 한국어 | 꺼내다 kkeonaeda |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | erwähnen, mit etwas kommen / ankommen |
| Italiano | menzionare, nominare |
| Ελληνικά | αναφέρω anaféro |
verb raise or rear children
| 한국어 | 키우다 kiuda |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 育てる sodateru |
| 中文 | 撫養 /抚养 fǔyǎng, 養大 /养大 yǎngdà |
| Português | criar |
| Français | élever |
| Deutsch | erziehen, aufziehen, großziehen, aufbringen |
| Italiano | crescere |
| Ελληνικά | ανατρέφω anatréfo, μεγαλώνω megalóno |
| Русский | воспи́тывать vospítyvatʹ, воспита́ть vospitátʹ, расти́ть rastítʹ, вы́растить výrastitʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | nuôi nấng, nuôi |
verb stop or interrupt
| Italiano | interrompere |
|---|---|
| Ελληνικά | διακόπτω diakópto, σταματάω stamatáo |
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