dredge up

• Verbo frasal que significa sacar algo del fondo de un cuerpo de agua o, en sentido figurado, recordar o revivir algo desagradable u olvidado del pasado.

A phrasal verb meaning to bring something up from the bottom of a body of water, or figuratively, to recall or revive something unpleasant or forgotten from the past.

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Bring up unpleasant memoriesinformal

   To recall or mention something unpleasant or forgotten from the past.

   sacar a la luz (recuerdos desagradables)

   • The interview dredged up painful memories of her childhood.
   • He always dredges up old arguments during family dinners.
   • The documentary dredged up forgotten scandals from the 1980s.

   Sinónimosconjure updig uprake upresurrectreviveunearth

   Antónimosburyforgetrepresssuppress

2. Search and retrieveformal

   To search for and bring something to the surface, often from a body of water.

   sacar dragando

   • The team dredged up the sunken ship from the ocean floor.
   • They dredged up mud and debris from the riverbed.
   • The police dredged up evidence from the lake.

   Sinónimosbring uphaul uppull outrecoverretrievesalvage

   Antónimosburysinksubmerge

Verbo basedredge