bringing up to

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To raise (something) so that it reaches a particular standard or minimum requirement.
2. (transitive) To 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