Library / English Dictionary

DREDGE UP

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mention something unpleasant from the past

Example:

Drag up old stories

Synonyms:

drag up; dredge up

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "dredge up" is one way to...):

advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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