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rake-steppings

rake-steppings is the plural of rake-stepping.

Meaning of rake-stepping

Noun

rake-stepping (countable and uncountable, plural rake-steppings)

  1. (slang) The act of repeatedly making damaging and avoidable mistakes.
    • But the rake-stepping won’t stop, and the attacks won’t go away, raising the question of whether there will come a tipping point for Biden.2019 August 13, Tina Nguyen, “Biden Advisers Worry the Gaffes Are Becoming a Problem”, in Vanity Fair

Questions about rake-steppings

What is rake-steppings the plural of?
Rake-steppings is the plural of rake-stepping.

Words near rake-steppings in the dictionary

  1. rake-helly
  2. rake-n-scrape
  3. rake-off
  4. rake-offs
  5. rake-stepping
  6. rake-steppings
  7. rakeable
  8. rakeback
  9. rakebacks
  10. raked
  11. raked in

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