Dredge Up (Verb)
Meaning
Mention something unpleasant from the past; "Drag up old stories".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The old rival football teams always seem to dredge up past losses on social media before each game.
- When she left her job, her ex-boss would dredge up past mistakes to make her seem incompetent.
- People tend to dredge up painful childhood memories in therapy sessions.
- I avoid talking to that one aunt because she always tries to dredge up past arguments and feuds.
- A journalist might dredge up a public figure's disgraced past to make a sensational story.