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drag up

/dræɡ ʌp/

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verb

/dræɡ ʌp/B2formal
  • ruФразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения намеренного поднятия неприятной или неловкой темы из прошлого.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of intentionally bringing up an unpleasant or embarrassing topic from the past.

uncountable · transitive · phrasal, separable

  1. Mention an unpleasant topicinformalbritish

    To bring up an old, unpleasant, or embarrassing subject in conversation.

    ruПрипоминать неприятное

    • Why did you have to drag up that old argument?
    • She always drags up his past mistakes during fights.
    • He dragged up the incident from years ago, which upset everyone.

    Synonymsdig uprake uprehashresurrect

Forms
  • dragged up past participle
  • dragged up past simple
  • dragging up present participle
  • drags up third person singular

Base verbdrag

Vocab Bloom Hub English dataset · 0.3.1

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