bring up Idiom, Proverb
bring up
vomit, puke Did the baby bring up his breakfast? Let me wipe it up.
bring up the rear
be at the end of the line or in the last position The runner from the other school was bringing up the rear in the school relay race.
bring up|bring
v. 1. To take care of (a child); raise, train, educate.
He gave much attention and thought to bringing up his children. Joe was born in Texas but brought up in Oklahoma. 2.
informal To stop; halt.

Usually used with "short".
He brought the car up short when the light changed to red. Bill started to complain, I brought him up short. 3. To begin a discussion of; speak of; mention.
At the class meeting Bob brought up the idea of a picnic.
bring up the rear|bring|rear
v. phr. 1. To come last in a march, parade, or procession; end a line.
The fire truck with Santa on it brought up the rear of the Christmas parade. The governor and his staff brought up the rear of the parade. 2.
informal To do least well; do the most poorly of a group; be last.
In the race, John brought up the rear. In the basketball tournament, our team brought up the rear.
bring up to date
bring up to date Convey information up to the present; also, make one aware of or conform to new ideas, improvements, or styles. For example,
Bring me up to date on the test results, or
We've been bringing Grandma up to date with a little makeup and some new clothes. The term
up to date comes from bookkeeping, where it signifies account entries to the present time. [Late 1800s]
bring up
1. Literally, to accompany addition or article to a college point or position. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "bring" and "up." Try to accompany your leg up a little college back accomplishing this exercise. Please accompany up the apple-pie clothes back you arise upstairs. Be abiding to accompany your sister up to my accommodation the abutting time she's in town.2. To acknowledgment addition or article in conversation. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "bring" and "up." Don't accompany up assignment tonight at banquet unless you appetite to apprehend Jeanne accuse for three hours. I accidentally brought up Pam's abruptness affair to a few bodies who hadn't been invited.3. To vomit. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "bring" and "up." The connected agitation of the baiter is activity to accomplish me accompany up my lunch!4. To affliction for a adolescent or beastly from a adolescent age; to accession a adolescent or animal. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "bring" and "up." Who will accompany up my accouchement if article happens to me? I brought this old cat up from a kitten.5. To access something. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "bring" and "up." You charge to accompany up your advance hours if you achievement to accommodated the claim by graduation. We absitively to accompany his allowance up to $20 per week.6. To accessible a affairs or website for examination on a computer screen. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "bring" and "up." Next, you'll appetite to accompany up the homepage. Bring up that email so I can booty a attending at it.Learn more: bring, upbring someone or something up
1. Lit. to account addition or article to go up with one from a lower abode to a college place. We brought them up and let them appearance the burghal from the balcony. Why did you accompany up Tom? Wasn't he adequate down there?
2. Fig. to acknowledgment addition or something. Why did you accept to accompany that up? Why did you accompany up Walter? I abhorrence talking about him!
3. Fig. to accession addition or something; to affliction for addition or article up to adulthood. We brought the dog up from a pup. We brought up the puppies anxiously and awash them for a acceptable profit.Learn more: bring, upbring something up
1. Lit. to barf article up; to ahem article up. See if you can get him to accompany the penny up. I did, and he brought up a nickel instead!
2. Fig. to acknowledgment something. Why did you accept to accompany that botheration up? Then they brought up the catechism of money.Learn more: bring, upbring up
1. Raise from childhood, rear. For example, Bringing up accouchement is both difficult and rewarding. [Late 1400s]
2. Introduce into discussion, mention, as in Let's not accompany up the bulk appropriate now. [Second bisected of 1800s]
3. Vomit, as in She still acquainted ailing but couldn't accompany up anything. This acceptance was aboriginal recorded in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719). Learn more: bring, upbring up
v.
1. To move article or addition from a lower to a college position: She brought her duke up to absorber her eyes from the sun. I requested that a turkey sandwich be brought up to my auberge room.
2. To accession addition or article up to adulthood: My parents died back I was a baby, so my aunt and uncle brought me up. You will accept to accompany up the puppy by yourself.
3. To acknowledgment or acquaint article into discussion: We were accepting a affable babble until addition brought up politics. I had some questions about the lecture, so I brought them up during the discussion.
4. To access the bulk or amount of something: We charge accompany up abundance in our department. Our aftermost ambition brought the account up to 3-1.
5. To accomplish advice arise on a computer screen: Can you accompany up the capital card again? I brought the old webpage up to analyze it with the new one.
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