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Italian
Etymology
Literally, “to pull up”.
Verb
tiràre su (first-person singular present tìro su, first-person singular past historic tirài su, past participle tiràto su, auxiliary avére)
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see tirare, su.
- to bring up or raise (a child)
- Synonym: allevare
2019, George Orwell, translated by Nicola Gardini, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mondadori:Mica ce l'ho con lei. Anzi, sono proprio fiero. Significa che l'ho tirata su con i principi giusti.- I don’t bear her any grudge for it. In fact I’m proud of her. It shows I brought her up in the right spirit, anyway.
- (literally, “It's not like I hold a grudge against her. Rather, I am just proud. It means that I brought her up with the right principles.”)
- to hearten; to encourage
- Synonyms: rincuorare, imbaldanzire; see also Thesaurus:incoraggiare
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