dredge up
Other forms: dredged up; dredging up; dredges up
When you dredge up something, you bring up a topic that someone else would rather not hear or talk about. If your sister wants to annoy you, she'll dredge up that story about how you caught your dangly earring in your braces.
If your uncle loves telling stories that everyone else had forgotten about — and no one is eager to remember — your parents might say, "Let's not invite him for Thanksgiving this year. He always dredges up terrible memories!" This expression comes from the verb dredge, which means to scoop mud, trash, and other gross stuff out of a body of water.
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mention something unpleasant from the past
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While spending the summer at her grandmother's house in Lambert, South Carolina, Candice finds an intriguing old letter in the attic. She joins forces with a neighbor to follow the clues in the letter and find a hidden treasure — but solving the mystery means uncovering past injustices in Lambert.