dredge up

verb

dredged up; dredging up; dredges up
Synonyms of dredge upnext
: 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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When their bodies are finally dredged up, very often, their zippers are down. — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026 Online critics were quick to dredge up comments by a former Argentinian leader as proof of the country’s bias. — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 Throw in a solid 16GB of RAM and a generous 1TB SSD, and this computer ensures loading is snappy and that dredging up files from deep in storage doesn’t take long at all. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026 Stan got to be quite expert at dredging up large walleyes from a couple of deep holes. — Marc Terziev, Outdoor Life, 25 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for dredge up

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“Dredge up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dredge%20up. Accessed 27 Aug. 2026.

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