Bring up and Start

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Bring up verb - To bring to maturity through care and education.

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Start and bring up are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Start" instead a verb "Bring up".

Start verb - To move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise).

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Bring up and start are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bring up" instead a verb "Start".

Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup

Historical In-Joke: Yang and Kensuke start laughing uncontrollably when Shinji returns with a Greek citizenship and Macedonian Terminators... Others bring up the similarities between him and Alexander often.

Source: Fan Fic / Shinji and Warhammer 40k
If you don't want to start a fight, don't bring up The Real Silent Hill Experience among fans.

Source: Broken Base / Silent Hill
Unreal Tournament provides an example of this: start a match against bots, bring up the console and type in: playersonly.

Source: Time Stands Still

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