"rake over" meaning in All languages combined

See rake over on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-rake over.ogg Forms: rakes over [present, singular, third-person], raking over [participle, present], raked over [participle, past], raked over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rake over (third-person singular simple present rakes over, present participle raking over, simple past and past participle raked over)
  1. (idiomatic) To discuss something unpleasant from the past. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: dig up

Inflected forms

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