English Explanatory Dictionary

reopen old wounds

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cause the memory of past trauma to be recalled, resulting in renewed suffering.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reopen, old, wound.

Word forms

reopen old wounds reopens old wounds reopening old wounds reopened old wounds
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