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DRAG UP
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Dictionary entry overview: What does drag up mean?
• DRAG UP (verb)
The verb DRAG UP has 1 sense:
1. mention something unpleasant from the past
Familiarity information: DRAG UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mention something unpleasant from the past
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
drag up; dredge up
Context example:
Drag up old stories
Hypernyms (to "drag up" is one way to...):
advert; bring up; cite; mention; name; refer (make reference to)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
Context examples
He would advance his fore legs and drag up his body with a sort of hitching movement, when he would advance his fore legs and hitch ahead again for a few more inches.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
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