dragging up
Reviving old issues
Dragging up means bringing up something from the past, usually something unpleasant or better left forgotten: Why do you keep dragging up that old argument?
The phrase suggests reluctance or resistance—the past doesn't surface easily but must be hauled into view.
Parents who drag up children raise them, often with implications of neglect or rough circumstances: He was dragged up rather than brought up.
- pullForce toward oneself
- tugShort forceful pull
- haulPull or carry laboriously
- liftMechanism for vertical transport
- dredging upRetrieving from below
grievance · dredging · trailing · resurfacing · tow · accusation · unearthing · resentment · reminding · trauma · shame · heaving · guilt · gossip · nostalgia · rehashing · ancient history · dead and buried
dragging upletting go
Releasing one's grasp
burying · forgetting · suppressing · sweeping under the rug · leaving alone
dragging upletting go
Releasing one's grasp
moving on · forgiving · releasing · getting over · closure