0 present participle of rake --
1 to search in a container by moving the contents around quickly: --
2 to use a rake to make earth level or to collect leaves: --
While some may think that there is no advantage in raking up history, some serious questions about the trial remain unanswered.
We feel that no good is to be served by raking over those almost dead coals.
It sits there, raking in millions of pounds each year.
Why is he raking over this ground as though he had not approved of it when he was in office?
I feel it is high time that this business of raking up the troubles of the past should come to an end.
If it comes to a case of raking up old things, one can do it very effectively.
I have not been raking over the coals.
I do not see any useful purpose that can be served by raking it up.
