bring (someone or something) up to date
bring (someone or something) up to date
To share or incorporate the most current information about someone or something. Bring me up to date on these candidates for the job. This schedule doesn't include the latest changes—can you bring it up to date?
See also: bring, date, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
bring someone or something up-to-date
to modernize someone or something. We brought the room up-to-date with a little paint and some modern furniture. I can bring you up-to-date with a new hairdo.
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bring someone up-to-date (on someone or something)
to inform someone of the latest information about something. Let me bring you up-to-date on what is happening in the village. Please bring me up-to-date.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
bring up to date
Convey information up to the present; also, make one aware of or conform to new ideas, improvements, or styles. For example, Bring me up to date on the test results, or We've been bringing Grandma up to date with a little makeup and some new clothes. The term up to date comes from bookkeeping, where it signifies account entries to the present time. [Late 1800s]
See also: bring, date, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
- bring up to date
- bring up-to-date
- incorporate
- incorporate (someone or something) in(to) (something)
- incorporate in
- follow up on (something)
- figure in
- figure in(to) (something)
- figured
- factor in