"rake up" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-rake up.ogg [Australia] Forms: rakes up [present, singular, third-person], raking up [participle, present], raked up [participle, past], raked up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} rake up (third-person singular simple present rakes up, present participle raking up, simple past and past participle raked up)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, figurative) To bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc. Tags: figuratively, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-rake_up-en-verb-wwpSoSMu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (up) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 25 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (up): 54 36 10
  2. (transitive, figurative, obsolete) To cover up, to hide (like covering live embers by raking ashes over them). Tags: figuratively, obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-rake_up-en-verb-KkuAzaUH
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rake.
    Sense id: en-rake_up-en-verb-5NExYCvL

Inflected forms

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