Usually means: Raise or mention a topic.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (bring up)

verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see bring, up: To bring from a lower to a higher position.
verb:  To mention.
verb:  To raise or rear (children).
verb:  To uncover, to bring from obscurity; to resurface (e.g. a memory)
verb:  To turn on power or start, as of a machine.
verb:  To vomit.
verb:  To stop or interrupt a flow or steady motion.
verb:  (cricket) To reach a particular score, especially a milestone.
verb:  To legally charge and put on trial; to position (someone) for judgement or examination by authority.
verb:  (obsolete, printing) To level type or make it ready for printing by overlaying it.
verb:  (transitive) To prepare a vein for an injection.

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