to look after a child until he or she becomes an adult
to make food or drink come back up from your stomach through your mouth
to make someone go to court because they have been accused of doing something wrong
to make someone stop what they are doing or saying because they are very surprised
to start discussing a subject
to teach a child to behave in a particular way or to have particular beliefs
used for saying where or how someone lived when they were a child
A badly brought up child can grow up to start world wars.
A bit of fish, fresh vegetables... It's how I was brought up.
Bringing up babies is a fraught business.
Brown said the issue would be brought up again at the next climate convention.
He was born and brought up in India.
He was brought up by his grandmother.
I hate to bring this up but you still owe me £50.
It is far more damaging being brought up in a hostile environment with warring parents.
Less generous pensions, volatile stock markets and the growing costs of bringing up children and helping ageing parents has turned retirement planning into a challenge.
Our parents brought us up to believe in our own abilities.
She brought up three sons on her own.
She is naturally very funny and can riff amusingly on almost any subject we bring up.
Studies have shown that children brought up in a home with books make the transition to school more easily.
These kids have been brought up on a diet of junk food and endless television.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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