drag up
To remind people of (something, usually unpleasant, from the past).
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#1·Apr 27, 2026UK
To remind people of (something, usually unpleasant, from the past).
I don't know why John had to drag up the incident of the car accident. It was really embarrassing.
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“for reasons I had to drag up a pic of me at 17 for something; clearly right in the middle of my Nik Kershaw era”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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#2·Apr 27, 2026UK
(transitive, UK, figurative) To raise a child with insufficient discipline or instillment of social etiquette.
It is said that the children of the very poor are not brought up, but dragged up.
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#3·Apr 27, 2026UK
(transitive, figurative) To educate reluctant pupils.
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