bring up to



bring someone or something up to something

to raise someone or something to a particular standard, level, expectation, etc. What do I have to do to bring Billy up to grade level? The lab was brought up to standards quickly.
See also: bring, up

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
IrmentrudEER-men-trootGerman (Archaic)
ReynardRAY-nahrd, REN-ərdEnglish (Rare)
Raisa (3)-Arabic
Natanielnah-tah-NYEL (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
MichaelMIE-kəl (English), MI-khah-el (German), MEE-kah-el (Swedish, Norwegian, Danish)English, German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Dutch, Czech, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
ZionZIE-ahn (English)Jewish, Biblical