bring up someone
(care for)Definition
› to care for a child until it is an adult: An aunt brought him up. He was brought up on jazz (= experienced it a lot as a child).
(Definition of bring up someone (care for) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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bring someone around phrasal verb PERSUADE
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bring someone/something into line (with someone/something) idiom
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bring something to the table idiom
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bring to light idiom
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bring to mind idiom
- bring up someone phrasal verb care for
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bring up something phrasal verb TALK
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bring v FORCE
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