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Bring Up: Bring Up Brings Up Brought Up Brought Up
Bring Up: Bring Up Brings Up Brought Up Brought Up
Bring Up: Bring Up Brings Up Brought Up Brought Up
present tense
I/you/we/they bring up
he/she/it brings up
present participle bringing up
past tense brought up
past participle brought up
[OFTEN PASSIVE] to look after a child until he or she becomes an adult…She brought up three sons on her own….He
was brought up by his grandmother….to teach a child to behave in a particular way or to have particular
beliefs….bring someone up to be/do something: ….Our parents brought us up to believe in our own
abilities…..used for saying where or how someone lived when they were a child….He was born and brought up in
India…..be brought up on something: ….These kids have been brought up on a diet of junk food and endless
television. See also educate….to start discussing a subject/ to mention ST….Brown said the issue would be
brought up again at the next climate convention…..I hate to bring this up but you still owe me £50.