reopen old wounds (English, verb)
expansion: reopen old wounds (third-person singular simple present reopens old wounds, present participle reopening old wounds, simple past and past participle reopened old wounds)
Senses:
glosses: To cause the memory of past trauma to be recalled, resulting in renewed suffering.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reopen, old, wound.
Forms:
form: reopens old wounds
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: reopening old wounds
tags: participle
present
form: reopened old wounds
tags: participle
past
form: reopened old wounds
tags: past