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Dredge up

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  1. 1
    To find by diligently searching, especially from unsavory sources. figuratively

    "Where did you dredge up the idea that they didn't know what hospital he was born in?"

  2. 2
    mention something unpleasant from the past wordnet
  3. 3
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dredge, up.

    "Young, dense seed mussels are dredged up and relaid in more sheltered areas, where they will not be destroyed by storms."

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