to bring up: to rear, to raise from childhood; to mention, to raise an issue,to introduce a topic Examples of TO BRING UP The couple planned to bring up the issue at a school board meeting Monday night. Bring up to full pressure, turn the heat down to medium and cook for 25 minutes.

to stick to: to adhere to (a promise), to follow or obey (a set of rules, procedures, etc.) Examples of TO STICK TO All organizations expect their employees to stick to established work rules and procedures. If you try hard to stick to your principles, then you’ll be able to live up to them.

all in all: considering everything Examples of ALL IN ALL All in all, this was the best marathon I’ve ever run. All in all, I can’t wait to go back to Mackinac Island next year!

have got to: must (also: have to) Examples of HAVE GOT TO You have got to check out a new restaurant I found; it’s wonderful. I have got to get my essay turned in on time!

to come about: to happen Examples of TO COME ABOUT I didn’t find any explanation in the newspaper about how the political coup came about. The flood came about as a result of the heavy winter rains

to clear up: to make understandable (also: to straighten out); to become sunny Examples of TO CLEAR UP – The teacher tried to clear up our confusion about the meaning of the difficult paragraph in the reading.– It’s rather cloudy this morning. Do you think that it will clear up later?