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raked over old coals

raked over old coals is the simple past and past participle of rake over old coals.

Meaning of rake over old coals

Verb

rake over old coals (third-person singular simple present rakes over old coals, present participle raking over old coals, simple past and past participle raked over old coals)

  1. (UK, figuratively) To bring back old problems; to dig up old trouble.

Questions about raked over old coals

What is raked over old coals the simple past and past participle of?
Raked over old coals is the simple past and past participle of rake over old coals.

Words near raked over old coals in the dictionary

  1. raked in
  2. raked it in
  3. raked off
  4. raked out
  5. raked over
  6. raked over old coals
  7. raked over the coals
  8. raked together
  9. raked up
  10. rakedst
  11. rakee

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