bring up to

present singular third person brings up to · participle present bringing up to · participle past brought up to · past brought up to

1. transitiveTo raise (something) so that it reaches a particular standard or minimum requirement.
2. transitiveTo raise (a person) to enter the specified career.

   Vernon, you see, was never brought up to the business—to any business, in fact—and when an uncle left it entirely to him on condition that he carried it on, it was like beginning life over again.

   1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries