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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]
Example Sentences
But experts and historians said Trump's proposal to re-establish the prison is far-fetched, as it would cost billions to repair and bring up to date with other federal facilities.
The 2019 Conservative party manifesto promised to bring up to date "analogue laws" for the digital age.
Glenn Ligon, Martin Puryear, Carrie Mae Weems and other contemporary artists will bring up to date what promises to be an enlightening, kaleidoscopic reflection of black American history and experience.
But this is not just an opportunity to bring up to date what we already have.
The Paycheck Fairness Act would bring up to date the Equal Pay Act, which was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson nearly 50 years ago.
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