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Collocations for upbringing - noun

ADJECTIVE

conventional
Mine was a conventional family upbringing.
good, proper
sheltered, strict
religious
Catholic, Jewish, etc.
cultural
middle-class, etc.
privileged

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VERB + upbringing

have
He had a normal middle-class upbringing.
give sb
They gave their children a strict Catholic upbringing.

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upbringing + VERB

give sb sth
Her upbringing had given her the social skills to cope with such situations.

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PHRASES

part of your upbringing
Part of his upbringing had been not to question his elders.

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