bring up

bring up idiom
  1. Raise from childhood, rear. For example, Bringing up children is both difficult and rewarding. [Late 1400s]
  2. Introduce into discussion, mention, as in Let's not bring up the cost right now. [Second half of 1800s]
  3. Vomit, as in She still felt sick but couldn't bring up anything. This usage was first recorded in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719).

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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