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Definition dredge up in American English

dredge up phrasal verb

[transitive] phrasal verb
1

to manage to remember something that you learned or knew long ago

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2

to tell people about something that someone did in the past that they would prefer to keep secret

Example

Details of his previous affairs were dredged up by the media.

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Definition dredge up in American English