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    Meaning/Bring up short

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    Meaning/Bring up short
    Message from tatu posted on 09-07-2012 at 12:40:53 (D | E | F)
    Hi,

    I would like to ask you about the meaning in this sentence that I have read in an interesting book:
    " It was my fifteen- year old son who brought us up short."
    I don't know exactly what it means. Please tell me.
    Thank you in advance.

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    Edited by lucile83 on 09-07-2012


    Re: Meaning/Bring up short from sherry48, posted on 09-07-2012 at 14:12:48 (D | E)
    Hello.
    It's in the dictionary. If you know that brought is the past tense form of the verb bring, you will find it quickly. Sherry
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    Re: Meaning/Bring up short from a_limon, posted on 09-07-2012 at 20:40:02 (D | E)
    Hello!
    Bring up (brought up-in the past) is the phrasal verb. It has many meanings. With the word "short", it has the meaning of the "make someone stop doing something suddenly".

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    Edited by lucile83 on 09-07-2012 20:53
    We help the members to find the solution, we don't give the solution itself; thank you.




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