drag up
Britishverb
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to rear (a child) poorly and in an undisciplined manner
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to introduce or revive (an unpleasant fact or story)
Example Sentences
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The Ranger XP Kinetic, for example, is more powerful than its gas-powered siblings and excels at towing: It can drag up to 2,500 pounds.
From Seattle Times • May 1, 2023
A sharp 800m climb that ramps up to 12% on the Cote de Pulventeux is immediately followed by the longer drag up Cote des Religieuses.
From BBC • Jun. 30, 2022
She taught a new generation of young queer people how to drag up an identity out of a barrenness around them, by looking to history and pop culture.
From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2018
“I didn’t want to drag up a lot of the memories that I buried because a lot of them were very painful.”
From Washington Times • May 22, 2016
They would drag up the 1954 Supreme Court decision on school integration.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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