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Antonyms for bring up

Grammar : Verb
Spell : bring
Phonetic Transcription : brɪŋ


Definition of bring up

Origin :
  • Old English bringan "to bring, bring forth, produce, present, offer" (past tense brohte, past participle broht), from Proto-Germanic *brenganan (cf. Old Frisian brenga, Middle Dutch brenghen, Old High German bringan, Gothic briggan); no exact cognates outside Germanic, but it appears to be from PIE root *bhrengk-, compound based on root *bher- (1) "to carry" (cf. Latin ferre; see infer).
  • The tendency to conjugate this as a strong verb on the model of sing, drink, etc., is ancient: Old English also had a rare strong past participle form, brungen, corresponding to modern colloquial brung. To bring down the house figuratively (1754) is to elicit applause so thunderous it collapses the roof.
  • verb raise youngster
  • verb initiate, mention in conversation
Example sentences :
  • There, go you all on the rock, and I will bring up the Mohicans with the venison.
  • Extract from : « The Last of the Mohicans » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • The officer must bring up his family in accordance with his position.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • The servants had had the forethought to bring up two lamps with them.
  • Extract from : « The Flood » by Emile Zola
  • They should do nothing but live and love, cultivate the soil, and bring up their children.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • Why, yes, bring up Dr. Schweninger; he can make me well, I am sure.
  • Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
  • Richard and the porter will bring up your luggage and the boxes.
  • Extract from : « Kent Knowles: Quahaug » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • And now how strange that he should bring up the subject in her presence!
  • Extract from : « Pretty Madcap Dorothy » by Laura Jean Libbey
  • Romance may have "brought up the nine-fifteen," but it will not bring up potatoes.
  • Extract from : « Another Sheaf » by John Galsworthy
  • Bring up your artillery in the centre, and infantry on the left.
  • Extract from : « Three Years in the Federal Cavalry » by Willard Glazier
  • Bring up that third burro; I want to examine these fragments a little.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various

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