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Meaning ofbring upin English

bring up

Definitions

Verb
1. to raise or care for (children); nurture
  They will bring up their kids in a loving environment.
  Synonyms:
  raise nurture rear care for foster
  Antonyms:
  neglect abandon ignore
2. to mention or discuss something
  The manager didn't bring up the sales report during the meeting.
  Synonyms:
  mention discuss raise talk about broach introduce
  Antonyms:
  avoid omit ignore gloss over skip
3. to uncover or resurface (memories, issues, etc.)
  The smell of old books can bring up fond memories.
  Synonyms:
  raise mention recall revive resurface reopen revisit conjure stir
  Antonyms:
  bury suppress forget ignore dismiss
4. to put someone on trial; position for judgement
  The prosecutor will bring up the defendant for questioning.
5. to halt or disrupt a continuous flow
  The construction work will bring up the entire highway to a standstill.
  Synonyms:
  interrupt stop halt disrupt suspend
  Antonyms:
  continue maintain sustain persevere prolong
6. to achieve a specific score or milestone
  The team needs to bring up their average score to qualify for the finals.
  Synonyms:
  reach attain achieve hit meet
  Antonyms:
  fall short miss fail to reach not attain
7. to move something to a higher position; elevate
  She will bring up the heavy box to the top floor using the elevator.
  Synonyms:
  lift raise elevate hoist lift up
  Antonyms:
  lower drop descend bring down
8. to activate or start a machine; initiate power
  The engineers will bring up the backup generator to provide emergency power.
  Synonyms:
  start up turn on power up initiate activate switch on boot up
  Antonyms:
  shut down turn off power down deactivate disable
9. to expel food from the stomach
  After eating the spoiled food, she had to bring up her lunch.
  Synonyms:
  vomit regurgitate spit up throw up retch
  Antonyms:
  keep down digest retain absorb stomach
10. to prepare a vein for injection; make it accessible
  The nurse will bring up the patient's vein to administer the medication.
11. to prepare text for printing; level or overlay
  The editor needs to bring up the font size to make it more readable.
12. to care for and raise children
  The couple is eager to bring up their adopted child with love and care.

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