drag up
Related to drag up: drag into
drag up
To resume the discussion of something (usually something unpleasant or troublesome). A noun or pronoun can be used between "drag" and "up." Can we all please try not to drag up old hurts at this year's Thanksgiving dinner?
See also: drag, up
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
drag up
v.
To bring some unpleasant thought or topic back to mind or discussion: Why did you have to drag those old secrets up? The principal dragged up my bad grades from last year.
See also: drag, up
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- drag down
- haul out
- pull to
- pull up to
- pull up to (someone or something)
- pull about
- pull away
- pull around
- pull round
- pull down an amount of money