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bring up

PHRASAL VERB [TRANSITIVE]

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.

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