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Frank
what does "raise your family" mean?
because "raise"can mean bring up, it also have another sense of "set up", so I am afraid of confusing others by using this phrase when I use it,
1.you need to bring home the bacon,put food on the table and the clothes on kids back...
2.you got married and set up a new family..
which one is right? or both are right?
Thanks in advance.
Nov 3, 2011 11:11 PM
Answers · 3
It means: bring up.
We don't say: set up a family. That's weird.
November 4, 2011
The first one sounds more appropriate, since raise has a meaning of both setting up and maintaining, the second one also seems partly right.
November 3, 2011
Wow. It is a little bit confusing the way you ask it but,
Raise a family = bring up a family = support a family through many years = nurture a family
Your other expressions are good ones though!
November 3, 2011
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