brung up

A form of bring up — Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.

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Meanings

verb
  1. colloquialdialectalnonstandardparticiplepastsimple past and past participle of bring up

    You all seem to be more genteel than I am. Where I was brung up, the polite way to eat corn was to stab two forks into the ends.

    2015 July 10, Peter Moylan, “Crumpets redux”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet)
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    When I brung up the GUI, both "After every command" and "On exit" are checked. I was wondering if the command line interface might use different settings.

    2004 November 24, David Kerber, “Command line ISQL question”, in sybase.public.sqlanywhere.general (Usenet)

    Yep, that's right, and..... wait a cotton pickin minit. This is thee second time yew brung up the Walmart Lay Away. Is they some kind of connection between yew and the Walmart Lay Away. I thank yew owe the fine butt slient folks monitoring this group an explanation plus $6.

    2015 November 19, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney, “Donation Request: LDDF Worldwide Super Fund”, in alt.appalachian (Usenet)
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APA

brung up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brung%20up

MLA

“brung up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brung%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brung up,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brung%20up.

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