bring up

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bring up (third-person singular simple present brings up, present participle bringing up, simple past and past participle brought up) (transitive)

Used other than as an idiom: To bring from a lower position to a higher position..

When you're in the basement, can you bring up the paints?
- 1953, United States Supreme Court, John Den ex dem. Archibald Russell v. The Association of the Jersey Company, reprinted in the United States Reports, volume 56, page 426:
  
  This case was brought up by writ of error from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey.
To mention.

Don't bring up politics if you want to have a quiet conversation with that guy.
To raise (children).

She did well enough bringing up two sons and a daughter on her own.
To turn on power or start, as of a machine.

Wait a minute while I bring up my computer.
To vomit.

I was very ill today; I kept bringing up everything I ate.
To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion.
- 1934, Rex Stout, Fer-de-Lance, 1992 Bantam edition, ISBN 0553278193, page 91:
  
  " […] Mr. Wolfe, I beg you—I beg of you—"
  
  I was sure she was going to cry and I didn't want her to. But Wolfe brusquely brought her up:
  
  "That's all, Miss Barstow. […] "
- 1999, Alice Borchardt, Night of the Wolf, Ballantine, ISBN 0345423631, page 260 [1]:
  
  "No," Maeniel shouted, "No!" trying to distract the man, and lunged toward him. The chain on his ankle brought him up' short and he fell on his face.

to bring from a lower position

to raise children

to stop or interrupt