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raking off

raking off is the present participle and gerund of rake off.

Meaning of rake off

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To remove (something from something) in a sweeping motion.
    • He used his arm to rake the books off the shelf.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: rake off.
    • rake leaves off the road.

Questions about raking off

What is raking off the present participle and gerund of?
Raking off is the present participle and gerund of rake off.

Words near raking off in the dictionary

  1. rakijas
  2. raking
  3. raking fire
  4. raking in
  5. raking it in
  6. raking off
  7. raking out
  8. raking over
  9. raking over old coals
  10. raking over the coals
  11. raking together

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