phrasal verb

Dredge up

Letter DInseparable

Dredge up

Discover things about someone's past

Meanings

Discover things about someone's past (separable [optional], International English)

Examples

The newspapers DREDGED UP the details of his affair with his research assistant.

Related

dredge + …Same base verb … + upSame particle

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