rake over — ˌrake ˈover [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they rake over he/she/it rakes over present participle raking over past tense … Useful english dictionary
rake over — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms rake over : present tense I/you/we/they rake over he/she/it rakes over present participle raking over past tense raked over past participle raked over British rake over something to continue to talk about… … English dictionary
rake over (old) coals (or rake over the ashes) — chiefly Brit. revive the memory of a past event. → rake … English new terms dictionary
rake over old coals — ► rake over old coals (or rake over the ashes) chiefly Brit. revive the memory of a past event. Main Entry: ↑rake … English terms dictionary
rake over the ashes — ► rake over old coals (or rake over the ashes) chiefly Brit. revive the memory of a past event. Main Entry: ↑rake … English terms dictionary
rake over something — ˌrake ˈover sth derived (informal, disapproving) to examine sth that happened in the past in great detail and keep talking about it, when it should be forgotten • She had no desire to rake over the past. Main entry: ↑rake … Useful english dictionary
rake over old coals — (UK) If you go back to old problems and try to bring them back, making trouble for someone, you are raking over old coals … The small dictionary of idiomes
rake over — ► rake up/over revive the memory of (an incident or period best forgotten). Main Entry: ↑rake … English terms dictionary
rake\ over\ the\ coals — • haul over the coals • rake over the coals v. phr. To criticize sharply; rebuke; scold. The sergeant raked the soldier over the coals for being late for roll call. Syn.: dress down … Словарь американских идиом
rake over the ashes — When people rake over the ashes, they discuss an unpleasant event which took place in the past. My grandfather s business went bankrupt years go, but he still rakes over the ashes from time to time … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
rake over — PHRASAL VERB If you say that someone is raking over something that has been said, done, or written in the past, you mean that they are examining and discussing it in detail, in a way that you do not think is very pleasant. [V P n (not pron)]… … English dictionary
