dredge up

• Verbo frasal que significa trazer algo do fundo de um corpo d'água ou, em sentido figurado, recordar ou ressuscitar algo desagradável ou esquecido do passado.

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.

incontável · transitivo · phrasal, separável

1. Bring up unpleasant memoriesinformal

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

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   • 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.

   Sinônimosconjure updig uprake upresurrectreviveunearth

   Antônimosburyforgetrepresssuppress

2. Search and retrieveformal

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

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   • 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.

   Sinônimosbring uphaul uppull outrecoverretrievesalvage

   Antônimosburysinksubmerge

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