rake someone over the coals in English

Forms: rakes someone over the coals [present, singular, third-person], raking someone over the coals [participle, present], raked someone over the coals [participle, past], raked someone over the coals [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rake someone over the coals (third-person singular simple present rakes someone over the coals, present participle raking someone over the coals, simple past and past participle raked someone over the coals)

Inflected forms

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"rake someone over the coals" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms