dredge up something

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› to mention something bad that happened in the past, so that people become aware of it again: Survivors of the disaster are still dredging up new fragments of their ordeal.

(Definition of dredge up something from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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dream v SEE IMAGES
dreamily adv
dreamlike adj
dreamy adj
dreary adj
dredge up something phrasal verb
dredge v
dregs pl n
drench v
dress code n
dress n PIECE OF CLOTHING

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