bring sth up
— phrasal verb with bring uk/brɪŋ/us/brɪŋ/verb [ T ] brought, brought
(TALK)
B2 to start to talk about a particular subject:
She's always bringing up her health problems.
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- The meeting seemed to be going well until Charles brought up the issue of holiday pay.
- He's forever bringing up the past.
- The evening was going well until someone brought up the subject of politics.
- She would start talking about something else whenever he brought up the subject of marriage.
- It was neither the time nor place to bring up the issue of religion.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Quoting & making references
- above
- allusive
- bandy sth around
- bring
- citation
- come up
- cross-reference
- direct speech
- drag
- misquote
- passing
- pursuant
- quotation
- quote
- quote... unquote idiom
- referent
- said
- touch
- touch on/upon sth
- undermentioned
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(VOMIT)
UK informal to vomit something:
She was crying so much I thought she'd bring up her breakfast.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Vomiting & feelings of sickness
- barf
- bring
- churn
- disgorge
- gag
- morning sickness
- motion sickness
- nauseating
- regurgitate
- repeat
- repeat on sb
- retch
- sick
- sick as a dog idiom
- sick sth up
- spew
- spit (sth) up
- throw
- throw (sth) up
- turn sb's stomach idiom
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