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Definition of dredge up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dredge up

phrasal verb
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dredge something up
  1. (usually disapproving) to mention something that has been forgotten, especially something unpleasant or embarrassing
    • The papers keep trying to dredge up details of his past love life.
  2. to manage to remember something, especially something that happened a long time ago
    • Now she was dredging up memories from the depths of her mind.
See dredge up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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