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bring up
vomit, puke Did the baby bring up his breakfast? Let me wipe it up.
bring up the rear
be at the end of the line or in the last position The runner from the other school was bringing up the rear in the school relay race.
ring up
telephone someone You should ring up the police if you see anybody strange around your house.
have a bearing upon
be related to;affect;influence对…有影响;与…有关
The points you are raising have some bearing on the case now being tried.你提出的几点对正在审理的案子有一些关系。
Whether you love him has no bearing on whether he's good or bad.你是否爱他与他这个人是好是坏没有什么关系。
have a finger in the pie have sth.to do with what happens;share interest or responsibility.参与;有关;干涉
It's none of your business;there's no need for you to have a finger in the pie.这件事与你无关,用不着你插手。
When the girls got up a Christmas party,I felt sure Alice had a finger in the pie.当姑娘们筹备圣诞舞会时,我确信爱丽丝一定会参与的。
spring up
suddenly appear,arise,or develop涌现;发生;迅速长出;迸发
New factories are springing up like mushrooms.新工厂如雨后春笋般地涌现。
Doubts sprang up in his mind.他心中开始产生怀疑。
A breeze suddenly sprang up.突然吹起一阵微风。
A new custom has sprung up.一种新的风尚出现了。
string up
1.hang sth.high 把…挂起来
They strung up colored lights all over the room.他们在整个房间里挂起了彩灯。
They strung up the ham for the winter.他们把火腿悬挂起来留到冬天吃。
2.kill sb.by hanging 绞死(某人)Two of the rebel leaders were strung up as a warning to the others.叛变首领中的两名被绞死,以做效尤。
3.make tense,excited 使紧张;使振奋
On the evening of his big speech he didn't seem at all strung up.他在作重要讲话的那天晚上似乎一点也不紧张。
He strung up his nerves to do it.他打起精神来干那件事。
bring up|bring
v. 1. To take care of (a child); raise, train, educate.
He gave much attention and thought to bringing up his children. Joe was born in Texas but brought up in Oklahoma. 2.
informal To stop; halt.

Usually used with "short".
He brought the car up short when the light changed to red. Bill started to complain, I brought him up short. 3. To begin a discussion of; speak of; mention.
At the class meeting Bob brought up the idea of a picnic.
bring up the rear|bring|rear
v. phr. 1. To come last in a march, parade, or procession; end a line.
The fire truck with Santa on it brought up the rear of the Christmas parade. The governor and his staff brought up the rear of the parade. 2.
informal To do least well; do the most poorly of a group; be last.
In the race, John brought up the rear. In the basketball tournament, our team brought up the rear.
ring up|ring
v. 1. To add and record on a cash register.
The supermarket clerk rang up Mrs. Smith's purchases and told her she owed $33. Business was bad Tuesday; we didn't ring up a sale all morning. 2.
informal To telephone.
Sally rang up Sue and told her the news.
spring up|spring
v. phr. To arise suddenly.
Small purple flowers were springing up all over our backyard.
string up|string
v.,
slang To put a rope around the neck of a person and choke him to death; hang.
The posse strung up the rustler without a trial. Compare: NECKTIE PARTY.
bring up to date
bring up to date Convey information up to the present; also, make one aware of or conform to new ideas, improvements, or styles. For example,
Bring me up to date on the test results, or
We've been bringing Grandma up to date with a little makeup and some new clothes. The term
up to date comes from bookkeeping, where it signifies account entries to the present time. [Late 1800s]
ring up
1. To alarm addition on the phone. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "ring" and "up." Here's my number—ring me up sometime, and we can go see a cine or something. I accept to arena up addition about the branches that blew down in our adjacency overnight.2. To acquiesce a retail chump to analysis out (complete their purchase) by recording the account or items they are purchasing and account the bulk of money they owe. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "ring" and "up." I'm sorry, I'm closing this register. My aide can arena you up at the abutting one. You can go on breach afterwards you're done campanology up anybody in your line.3. To almanac the account or items a retail chump is purchasing and account the bulk of money they owe. A noun or pronoun can be acclimated amid "ring" and "up." The accountant had already started campanology my advantage up back I accomplished that I had abandoned to aces up eggs. Would you apperception campanology this croissant up first? It's for my son to eat.Learn more: ring, upring someone up
to alarm addition on the telephone. I will arena her up back I get a chance. I accept to arena up a accomplished account of people.Learn more: ring, upring something up
to almanac the bulk of an account on a banknote register. Please arena this chewing gum up first, and I'll put it in my purse. The accountant rang up anniversary account and told me how abundant money I owed.Learn more: ring, upring up
1. Record, abnormally by agency of a banknote register, as in They had already rung up the auction so I absitively not to get the added items. [c. 1930] Although earlier banknote registers usually signaled a recorded auction with the campanology of a bell, the argot survives in the age of computers.
2. Accomplish, achieve, as in They rang up an absorbing cord of victories. Learn more: ring, upring up
v.
1. To almanac the auction of something, abnormally by application a banknote register: She had already rung up the auction back I apparent that I didn't accept abundant money. I placed the items on the counter, and the accountant rang them up.
2. To almanac a auction to someone, abnormally by agency of a banknote register: I rang up the aftermost two barter and bankrupt the store. He can arena you up on the additional register.
3. To alarm addition on the telephone: I'll arena you up this weekend. She rang up an old acquaintance and asked him to dinner.
4. To aggregate some cardinal or abundance of credibility or wins: They rang up seven after victories afore accident a game.
5. To aggregate some bulk or abundance of credits or debits: The aggregation rang up $2 billion in profits aftermost year. With all the aliment that we ate, we rang a ample bill up.
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