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bringing up against

bringing up against is the present participle and gerund of bring up against.

Meaning of bring up against

Verb

bring up against (third-person singular simple present brings up against, present participle bringing up against, simple past and past participle brought up against)

  1. (transitive) To cause someone to have to solve a problem or deal with an issue.

Questions about bringing up against

What is bringing up against the present participle and gerund of?
Bringing up against is the present participle and gerund of bring up against.

Words near bringing up against in the dictionary

  1. bringing to the hammer
  2. bringing to the table
  3. bringing together
  4. bringing under
  5. bringing up
  6. bringing up against
  7. bringing up short
  8. bringing up the rear
  9. bringing up to
  10. bringing upon
  11. bringing with

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bringing up against (page history and authors); bring up against (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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