bring up
bring up
English
Verb
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Definition
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.
Etymology
From Middle English bryngen up, dissimilated from Middle English upbryngen (“to bring up, raise”). Doublet of upbring.
Example Sentences
- "When you're in the basement, can you bring up the paints?"
- ""[…]and as Mr. H., with his long purse and his willingness to receive hints, is no bad card in the game, he has been brought up to Abbotsford for a week; his taciturnity has long ago fled, and he is one of the most loquacious Borderers going. […]""
- "This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey."
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