dredge up
phrasal verb
dredged up; dredging up; dredges up
: to start talking or thinking again about (something unpleasant that happened a long time ago)
Reporters dredged up the fact that the senator avoided the military draft.
She didn't like to dredge up bad memories.
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Users dredged up nostalgic video clips and sounds from the pandemic moment when TikTok first became popular in the U.S.
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Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
By the time her mom came into the room, Gabby looked like she had just been dredged up by the net of a fisherman.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
As was inevitable, the suitcase gets dredged up and raises a million questions.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Not to dredge up bad memories, but remember how the Titans were terrible at covering punts last week?
—Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 31 Oct. 2024
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Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2025
By the time her mom came into the room, Gabby looked like she had just been dredged up by the net of a fisherman.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
As was inevitable, the suitcase gets dredged up and raises a million questions.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
Not to dredge up bad memories, but remember how the Titans were terrible at covering punts last week?
—Nick Suss, The Tennessean, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Dredge up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dredge%20up. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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