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Phrase(s): bring someone or something up
1. Lit. to cause someone or something to go up with one from a lower place to a higher place. • We brought them up and let them view the city from the balcony. • Why did you bring up Tom? Wasn’t he comfortable down there? 2. Fig. to mention someone or something. • Why did you have to bring that up? • Why did you bring up Walter? I hate talking about him! 3. Fig. to raise someone or something; to care for someone or something up to adulthood. • We brought the dog up from a pup. • We brought up the puppies carefully and sold them for a good profit., Phrase(s): bring something up
1. Lit. to vomit something up; to cough something up. • See if you can get him to bring the penny up. • I did, and he brought up a nickel instead! 2. Fig. to mention something. • Why did you have to bring that problem up? • Then they brought up the question of money.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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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).
American Heritage Idioms