bring up

Introduce a topic

To bring up is to raise a topic in conversation: I hate to bring this up, but you still owe me money.

It also means to rear children: She was brought up in a small town.

In computing, to bring up a system or screen is to make it appear or become operational.

To bring up can also mean to vomit: The baby brought up her breakfast.

mention

raise

Lift or increase

point out · allude · reference · cite · note · speak of · discuss · highlight · address · put forward

nurture

raise

Lift or increase

nurture · care for · look after · tend · mother · father · guide · support · nourish · develop

vomit

throw up

Eject stomach contents

upchuck · barf · heave · retch · gag · spew · hurl · chunder · disgorge · sick up

reminisce

recall

Memory retrieval act

evoke · dredge up · dig up · rake up · rehash · revisit · hark back · flashback · reminisce · nostalgia

raise

lift

Mechanism for vertical transport

uprear · heighten · pull up · draw up · pick up · carry up · boost · prop up · support · hold up

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topic introduction

bring upsuppress

Forcibly put an end to

avoid · drop · leave out · omit · bury

child-rearing

bring upabandon

Leave behind permanently

neglect · give up · forsake · desert · relinquish

physical direction

bring upbring down

Cause to collapse

lower · take down · put down · drop · let down

Family

bring, brought, brings, bringing, rearing, upbringing, upbringings

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