蒸し返す

むしかえす
to reheat
to steam over
to bring up again
to take up again a problem that has been dealt with

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むしかえす【蒸し返す】

bring O up again

rehash

|他|［けなして］(議論など)を蒸し返す

rake up

［他］《略式》…と思い出す， 蒸し返す.

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むしかえす【蒸し返す】

〔蒸し直す〕 steam over again; reheat; 〔繰り返す〕 repeat; go over again; retell; 〔一旦済んだいやなことをまた持ち出す〕 bring up again; drag up.

●昔のけんかを蒸し返す recall old quarrels from the past

・古い議論を蒸し返す rehash old arguments.

●その問題は何度も蒸し返された. The question was taken up again and again.