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rake stepping

rake stepping is the alternative form 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

Forms of rake stepping

pluralrake steppings

Questions about rake stepping

What is rake stepping the alternative form of?
Rake stepping is the alternative form of rake-stepping.

Words near rake stepping in the dictionary

  1. rake over
  2. rake over old coals
  3. rake over the coals
  4. rake receiver
  5. rake receivers
  6. rake stepping
  7. rake steppings
  8. rake together
  9. rake up
  10. rake-'n'-scrape
  11. rake-and-scrape

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