bring up

verb

|Updated on: 9 Aug 2018

Examples: bring up in a Sentence

Definition of bring up

transitive verb

1 : to bring (a person) to maturity through nurturing care and education

2 : to cause to stop suddenly

3 a : to bring to attention : introduce

b computers : to cause (something, such as a file or picture) to appear on a computer screen

… you can make any picture that it displays into wallpaper by right-clicking with the arrow over the art to bring up a box with a "Set as wallpaper" choice.
—Barry Popik

4 : vomit

intransitive verb

: to stop suddenly

See bring up defined for kids

Examples of bring up in a Sentence

it takes an immense commitment and a lot of love to bring up a child properly
I hate to bring this up, but we're running short of money.

Recent Examples of bring up from the Web

The kidnappers also threatened to shoot instantly if law enforcement were brought up to speed.

— SI.com, "John Obi Mikel Reveals His Father Was Kidnapped Before Nigeria's Last 16 Clash Against Argentina," 3 July 2018
Like bringing up Charles Melton tweets about fat shaming that happened six years ago, six years !!!

— tamara fuentes, Seventeen, "Riverdale Star Charles Melton Apologizes For Fat-Shaming Tweets," 20 June 2018
What single people by choice do NOT have is the expense of bringing up children.

— charles mccabe, San Francisco Chronicle, "Motherhood???, Charles McCabe, 1975," 14 June 2018
To give a point of reference, Craig Federighi, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, said iOS 12 will launch apps up to 40% faster and bring up the keyboard up to 50% faster on an iPhone 6 Plus.

— samuel axon, Ars Technica, "iOS 12 introduced, to run on everything that runs iOS 11," 4 June 2018
Sharapova fired back before Wimbledon by bringing up rumors of Serena dating her coach Patrick Mouratoglou.

— chris chase, For The Win, "Serena v. Sharapova: The brief history of a burning non-rivalry," 4 June 2018
The topic of mental health has been an area of concern as of late, as residents brought up the topic during a school board meeting last Thursday.

— anthony clark carpio, latimes.com, "Mental health forum to be held at Burbank Adult School," 23 May 2018
The only thing that happens by bringing up a screen is that man’s defender will help Smith put Oladipo under duress by trapping him, which is why the Pacers had seven turnovers in the first quarter and ended the game with 20.

— j. michael, Indianapolis Star, "Emotional, fearless Pacers intent on making 'King' James' Cavs submit to their will," 21 Apr. 2018
This chat went back to camp and Angela led a smart conversation that led to the group bringing up Michael as the next vote.

— rasputin todd, Cincinnati.com, "Who was voted off 'Survivor' this week? (April 18) Did Mason's Angela Perkins advance?," 18 Apr. 2018

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