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View definitions for bring up

bring up

verb as in raise youngster

verb as in initiate, mention in conversation

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"It's a generational thing – if families are out of work they tend to bring up their children to exist on the benefits system," she said.

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Trump was moved to build a course in Scotland as a tribute to his later mother, who was born and brought up in Lewis.

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"Of course I'm English, born here, brought up here," he says.

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But teams' data suggests otherwise - the info behind the headline numbers suggests Aston Martin and Alpine are best of the rest, followed by Williams, Racing Bulls and Haas, with Sauber bringing up the rear.

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The president is due to open a new course named after his mother - who was born and brought up on the Isle of Lewis - this summer.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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