English Dictionary

drag up

動詞

比喩的用法 他動詞

To remind people of something, usually unpleasant, from the past. / (transitive, figuratively) To educate reluctant pupils. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, up.

日本語の意味

過去の嫌な出来事や記憶を思い起こさせる、呼び起こす / いやいやな生徒に対して教育を施す、しつける

Every family dinner turns tense when someone starts to drag up old arguments about money.

誰かが昔の金銭問題を蒸し返し始めると、家族の夕食はいつも気まずくなる。

意味（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.

意味（2）

(transitive, figuratively) To educate reluctant pupils.

I don't want to spoil any comparison you are going to make, said Jim, but I was at Winchester and New College. ¶ That will do, said Mackenzie. I was dragged up at the workhouse school till I was twelve. […]

意味（3）

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

drags up （ present singular third-person ）

dragging up （ participle present ）

dragged up （ participle past ）

dragged up （ past ）