| VERB | communication | drag up, dredge up | mention something unpleasant from the past |
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| Meaning | mention something unpleasant from the past. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Example | "Drag up old stories" | |
| Synonym | dredge up | |
| Broader | mention, advert, bring up, cite, name, refer | make reference to |
| Spanish | reprochar | |
| Catalan | retreure | |
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