Mention something unpleasant from the past:
— Drag up old stories.

synonym: dredge up.

Roget 307: heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect; set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up; rear, hoist, heave; uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear^†, upcast^†, uphoist^†, upheave; buoy, weigh mount, give a lift; exalt; sublimate; place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal.    escalate etc. (increase) 35 102 194.    take up, drag up, fish up; dredge.    stand up, rise up, get up, jump up; spring to one's feet; hold oneself, hold one's head up; drawn oneself up to his full height.    ... show more