drag up (English, verb)
expansion: drag up (third-person singular simple present drags up, present participle dragging up, simple past and past participle dragged up)
Senses:
glosses: To remind people of (something, usually unpleasant, from the past).
glosses: To educate reluctant pupils.
tags: figuratively
transitive
glosses: To raise a child with insufficient discipline or instillment of social etiquette.
tags: UK
figuratively
transitive
glosses: Of a man: to dress in women's clothing for entertainment.
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see drag, up.
Forms:
form: drags up
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dragging up
tags: participle
present
form: dragged up
tags: participle
past
form: dragged up
tags: past