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.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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