dredge up
Upper Intermediate (B2) informal
To dig up something bad from the past — like an old argument or a dark secret — that people didn't want to think about again.
"The tabloids dredged up every old scandal they could find before the election."
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Hour 1: Andy Staples, On3.com
ESPN College Football · 22:19
And to to dredge up something like that today,
Beach Access and a Threatened Track
PBS SoCal · 4:52
you really need to go offshore, and you dredge up.
SNL Cast Test How Well They Know Each Other | Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair · 17:52
So, that is a fun memory to dredge up from the
Girl Code : The Real Compilation
The Real Daytime · 17:45
Can't have fun and bring THIS BACK OR OR OR DREDGE up any trauma from season 1,