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Phrase(s): dredge someone or something up
1. Lit. to scoop something up from underwater. • The workers dredged the lifeless body up from the cold black water. • They dredged up the mud from the riverbed. 2. Fig. to use some effort to seek and find someone or something. • I will see if I can dredge a date up for Friday. • Can you dredge up a date for me? • I don’t have a wrench here, but I’ll see if I can dredge one up from the basement.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs