dredge

Related to dredge: dredge up, Suction dredge

dredge up

1. Literally, to take out material in order to increase the depth of a body of water. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dredge" and "up." I think we can deepen the pond by dredging up some more sand.
2. To pull something from the depths of a body of water. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dredge" and "up." Hopefully, the divers will be able to dredge up more pieces of the plane today, and we can start analyzing them.
3. By extension, to resume the discussion of something (usually something unpleasant or troublesome). A noun or pronoun can be used between "dredge" and "up." Can we all please try not to dredge up old hurts at this year's Thanksgiving dinner?
4. To find or obtain something after much searching. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dredge" and "up." What else can we do to dredge up support for this petition? I was able to dredge up some of the suspect's financial records.
See also: dredge, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

dredge someone or something

 up
1. . Lit. to scoop something up from underwater. The workers dredged the lifeless body up from the cold black water. They dredged up the mud from the riverbed.
2. Fig. to use some effort to seek and find someone or something. I will see if I can dredge a date up for Friday. Can you dredge up a date for me? I don't have a wrench here, but I'll see if I can dredge one up from the basement.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

dredge up

v.
1. To deepen some body of water by digging and removing material from its bottom: They'll have to dredge up the river, or else the larger ships won't be able to pass through. Because the stream was hard to navigate, the farmer paid someone to dredge it up.
2. To raise something from the bottom of a body of water: The workers dredged up a car from the bottom of the lake. They dredged a lot of garbage up from the bottom of the canal.
3. To bring something back into discussion or importance, especially something unpleasant: I wish you hadn't dredged up that issue with our boss. I had been content to forget about the accident until my neighbor dredged it up by asking me questions about it.
See also: dredge, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • piece out
  • angle
  • angling
  • not do (someone or oneself) any favors
  • involve with
  • involve with (someone or something)
  • involved with
  • buy (yourself) time
  • buy time
  • arrange some music for
References in periodicals archive
The engineering drawings for the dredge were completed by Alluvial Dredges Ltd (ADL) and it was fabricated to ADL's drawings in Australia by United Construction in 35 major segments.
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WORK to dredge a trench for the new Tyne Tunnel has been delayed.
New tunnel trench work delay
TT2, the company overseeing the building of the tunnel, originally planned to dredge the trench for the tunnel sections in a "window" between November and March - when there is normally maximum water flow in the river to wash away disturbed silt, when water oxygen levels are also normally high and when fewer salmon and sea trout enter the Tyne.
Deal over plans to dredge Tyne for tunnel
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Golf: Britons both out to Nick a Seve spot
Effects of dredge material placement on benthic macroinvertibrates of the Illinois River.
Effects of dredging an agricultural drainage ditch on water column herbicide concentration, as predicted by fluvarium techniques
Transplanting in Delaware Bay is normally done with a traditional oyster dredge. Such dredges can concentrate market-size oysters, a desirable characteristic for some transplant goals.
A comparison between a suction dredge and a traditional oyster dredge in the transplantation of oysters in Delaware Bay
Welsh golfers Bradley Dredge and Stephen Dodd today kept up their bids to qualify for next week's Volvo Masters in Spain.
Masters is the target