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Verb dredge up has 1 sense
- drag up, dredge up - mention something unpleasant from the past; "Drag up old stories"
--1 is one way to mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer
Sample sentences:
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Definitions from the Web
dredge up
Definition: To bring up or recall something from the past, especially something unpleasant or forgotten.
Part of Speech: Verb phrase
Sense:
- To mention or revive a past event, memory, or issue.
- To search for or recover something from a body of water using a dredging apparatus.
Examples:
- 1. She managed to dredge up memories of her childhood during therapy.
- 2. The media loves to dredge up scandals from celebrities' pasts.
- 3. The archaeologists dredged up ancient relics from the riverbed.
- 4. The fisherman started to dredge up clams from the ocean floor.
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