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raking over old coals

raking over old coals is the present participle and gerund 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 raking over old coals

What is raking over old coals the present participle and gerund of?
Raking over old coals is the present participle and gerund of rake over old coals.

Words near raking over old coals in the dictionary

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

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