UPBRINGING


Meaning of UPBRINGING in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ VERB

enjoy

She had three children from her second marriage and immensely enjoyed their upbringing - dovetailing motherhood with a career working from home.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

a sheltered life/childhood/upbringing etc

I lead a sheltered life out in the branch.

Listen honey, d' you think I lead a sheltered life?

We led a sheltered life out there in the suburbs.

What a sheltered life she leads, in her self-built lavender ghetto.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Our grandmother took charge of our religious upbringing .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Bearded, he dresses with a casual elegance that reflects a privileged upbringing .

Evangelicals and others in the mid-nineteenth century still placed the central responsibility for the upbringing of children upon the family.

Nothing in my upbringing had prepared me for the weather, much less the absurd notion of hitchhiking.

See how ashamed he is of his own father, how he rejects his own background and upbringing ?

She didn't like being reminded of her nice, safe, middle-class upbringing .

Slamming a door in some one's face has nothing to do with breeding or upbringing .

Their upbringing was pretty straight and traditional, conservative, politically.

We had such a beautiful upbringing , let me tell you, Billy.

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