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II PhrasalVerbs 12711 Example: Getting wet in the rain yesterday brought on my cold. Bring out = release or publish
Example: The band are bringing out a new CD in the autumn. Bring out in = cause a health problem or reaction
Example: It was the lobster that brought me out in this rash all over my body.
Bringround =makesmneonewakeupfrom unconsciousnessoran anaesthetic
Example: The doctors brought him round a few hours after the operation.
Bring up = m.ention
Example: They didn't bring the subject up at the meeting.
Bring up = raise a child
Example: My parents brought me up strictly.
Brush up = improve a skill quickly
Example: She took a two-week course to brush up her Spanish before travelling around South and Central America.
Budge up = move to make space for someone
Example: We had to budge up to let the fourth person in the back
of the car.
Build up = develop a company
Example: She built the business up from nothing into a market
leader in less than a decade.
Build up = increase
Example: Tension has been building up ever since the government
passed the unpopular law. Bump into = meet by chance