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2 PHRASAL VERB Something that brings out a particular kind of behaviour or feeling in you causes you to show it, especially when it is something you do not normally show. □ [V P n] He is totally dedicated and brings out the best in his pupils. [Also V n P ]

▸  bring up

1 PHRASAL VERB When someone brings up a child, they look after it until it is an adult. If someone has been brought up in a certain place or with certain attitudes, they grew up in that place or were taught those attitudes when they were growing up. □ [V P n] She brought up four children. □ [V n P ] His grandmother and his father brought him up. □ [be V -ed P to-inf] We'd been brought up to think that borrowing money was bad. □ [be V -ed P n] I was brought up a Methodist.

2 PHRASAL VERB If you bring up a particular subject, you introduce it into a discussion or conversation. □ [V P n] He brought up a subject rarely raised during the course of this campaign. □ [V n P ] Why are you bringing it up now?

3 PHRASAL VERB If someone brings up food or wind, food or air is forced up from their stomach through their mouth. □ [V P n] It's hard for the baby to bring up wind.

bri ng-and-bu y sale (bring-and-buy sales ) N‑COUNT A bring-and-buy sale is an informal sale to raise money for a charity or other organization. People who come to the sale bring things to be sold and buy things that other people have brought. [BRIT ]

bring|er /br I ŋə ^r / (bringers ) N‑COUNT A bringer of something is someone who brings or provides it. [LITERARY ] □ [+ of ] He was the bringer of good news.

brink /br I ŋk/ N‑SING If you are on the brink of something, usually something important, terrible, or exciting, you are just about to do it or experience it. □ [+ of ] Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse. □ [+ of ] Failure to communicate had brought the two nations to the brink of war.

brink|man|ship /br I ŋkmənʃ I p/ N‑UNCOUNT Brinkmanship is a method of behaviour, especially in politics, in which you deliberately get into dangerous situations which could result in disaster but which could also bring success. [JOURNALISM ] □  There is a lot of political brinkmanship involved in this latest development.

bri|oche /briɒ ʃ/ (brioches ) N‑VAR Brioche is a kind of sweet bread. □  I'll have coffee and a brioche.

brisk /br I sk/ (brisker , briskest )

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] A brisk activity or action is done quickly and in an energetic way. □  Taking a brisk walk can often induce a feeling of well-being. □  The horse broke into a brisk trot. ●  brisk|ly ADV [ADV with v] □  Eve walked briskly down the corridor to her son's room. ●  brisk|ness N‑UNCOUNT □  With determined briskness, Amy stood up and put their cups back on the tray.

2 ADJ If trade or business is brisk , things are being sold very quickly and a lot of money is being made. [BUSINESS ] □  Vendors were doing a brisk trade in souvenirs. ●  brisk|ly ADV [ADV after v] □  A trader said gold sold briskly on the local market.

3 ADJ If the weather is brisk , it is cold and fresh. □  The breeze was cool, brisk and invigorating.

4 ADJ Someone who is brisk behaves in a busy, confident way which shows that they want to get things done quickly. □  The Chief summoned me downstairs. He was brisk and businesslike. ●  brisk|ly ADV [ADV with v] □  'Anyhow,' she added briskly, 'it's none of my business.'

bris|ket /br I sk I t/ N‑UNCOUNT Brisket is a cut of beef that comes from the breast of the cow.

bris|tle /br I s ^ə l/ (bristles )