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dredges up

dredges up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dredge up.

Meaning of dredge up

Verb

dredge up (third-person singular simple present dredges up, present participle dredging up, simple past and past participle dredged up)

  1. (figuratively) To find by diligently searching, especially from unsavory sources.
    • Where did you dredge up the idea that they didn't know what hospital he was born in?
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dredge, up.
    • Young, dense seed mussels are dredged up and relaid in more sheltered areas, where they will not be destroyed by storms.1970, Maurice Burton, Robert Burton, The international wildlife encyclopedia, volume 1, page 1713

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What is dredges up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dredges up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dredge up.

Words near dredges up in the dictionary

  1. dredger
  2. dredgerman
  3. dredgermen
  4. dredgers
  5. dredges
  6. dredges up
  7. dredging
  8. dredging box
  9. dredging boxes
  10. dredging up
  11. dredgings

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