I. noun
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
haul/rake/drag sb over the coals
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And on a car of this class the steering column ought to adjust for rake as well as reach.
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Are they coming to mow the lawn or to liberate the hostages with rakes, clippers and blowers?
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Did he think that would work if she got him gloves and a rake and shovel?
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She went through the house door leading into the garage, seized a rake and plunged into the cold wind.
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The cinema was built on a hill, giving a natural rake to the auditorium seating.
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The hoes and rakes are still there, leaning against the wall, useless.
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Unfortunately I sometimes think some one left a rake lying across a lot of them.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
over
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It seems to stir up emotions and rake over apparently quiescent turmoil.
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I have no desire to rake over the past but we should have the right to refer to matters of historical record.
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Was he trying to rake over old coals?
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Julius's gaze raked over her sharply, then settled on her face.
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I would not - could not - rake over the embers of his past with him persistently.
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The borders were neatly raked over and the roses cut back.
up
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But others were willing to rake up the controversy for him.
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But it's pretty unpleasant, especially for Dad, to have all this raked up .
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So is there any point in raking up the issue again?
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So any advantage we can rake up , nomatterwhat, is something we're gon na use.
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The pencil light spun around, raked up the stairs, and speared straight into Carson's eyes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Guerrillas raked the room with gunfire.
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The women raked us with their cold stares.
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They paid me $20 to rake the leaves in their front yard.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And it will really drive civilized people nuts if Phillips starts raking in extra dough by posing in commercials for sports products.
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Around them women and men and children worked in the hayfield, gathering and loading, raking and stacking.
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Connors got his fuel bladder raked and had to break away from the flight.
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Cracks in rendering should be raked out, cut back to sound material if necessary and then filled with new mortar.
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He raked his fingers through fur the color of weak tea, brown, red, golden tint of gaslight.
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He raked his fingers through his hair, as if debating what to say next, and she followed the movement.
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He moved, and his shock of hair caught the sun as he raked a hand through it.
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The lawn had been freshly cut, some grass raked into piles on the front walk.