Oxford Phrasal Verbs Dictionary

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,bring sb 'up 1 to care for a child until he or she is grown up: She was brought up by her aunt, o I was brought up (= 1 grow up) on a farm. |oia children, family, daughter, son HZH) raise sb (AmE) [!Em Bring up a child does not mean the same as look after a child. 2 to teach your child a particular way to behave, etc: They brought their children up very strictly, o We were brought up to be polite and do what we were told, o a well-brought-up child loUl children, family, daughter, son tsyn> raise sb (AmE) 3 (law) to make sb appear for trial in a court of law IMIl Bring sb up is... Tovább

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Oxford Phrasal Verbs Dictionary
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,bring sb 'up 1 to care for a child until he or she is grown up: She was brought up by her aunt, o I was brought up (= 1 grow up) on a farm. |oia children, family, daughter, son HZH) raise sb (AmE) [!Em Bring up a child does not mean the same as look after a child. 2 to teach your child a particular way to behave, etc: They brought their children up very strictly, o We were brought up to be polite and do what we were told, o a well-brought-up child loUl children, family, daughter, son tsyn> raise sb (AmE) 3 (law) to make sb appear for trial in a court of law IMIl Bring sb up is often used in the passive.
v+n/pron + adv ¦ v + adv + n > 'upbringing n [sing.] [U] the way in which a child is cared for and taught, especially by parents, while he nr she is growing up
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