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drag up

drag up
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [drag uhp]
    • /dræg ʌp/
    • /dræɡ ʌp/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [drag uhp]
    • /dræg ʌp/

Definitions of drag up words

  • transitivephrasal verb drag up old subject: raise again 1
  • transitivephrasal verb drag up child: rear badly 1
  • phrasal verb drag up If someone drags up an unpleasant event or an old story from the past, they mention it when people do not want to be reminded of it. 0
  • verb drag up to rear (a child) poorly and in an undisciplined manner 0
  • verb drag up to introduce or revive (an unpleasant fact or story) 0
  • verb drag up To remind people of something, usually unpleasant, from the past. 0

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Parts of speech for Drag up

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

drag up popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for drag up

verb drag up

  • develop — When something develops, it grows or changes over a period of time and usually becomes more advanced, complete, or severe.
  • provide — to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
  • support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
  • produce — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.

Antonyms for drag up

verb drag up

  • decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
  • lessen — to become less.
  • destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
  • ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
  • harvest — Also, harvesting. the gathering of crops.

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