drag up

1. 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.

   mention something unpleasant from the past

2. (figuratively, transitive)To educate reluctant pupils.

3. (UK, figuratively, transitive)To raise a child with insufficient discipline or instillment of social etiquette.

4. Of a man: to dress in women's clothing for entertainment.

5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, up.

1. Dmitri dragged himself up from the empty grave.

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2. Will you stop dragging up conversations from 30 years ago!

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irregular

• drag outтягнути, тягатиTo extend or lengthen excessively; to draw out.
• drag onтягнутися, тягтисяTo last too long.
• drag inтягнути, тягатиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, in.
• drag upTo remind people of (something, usually unpleasant, from the past).
• drag downTo cause (other people or another person) to suffer the same fate, or to feel the same negative mood.
• drag intoTo involve a reluctant person with a difficult or dangerous situation.