rake over

verb

raked over; raking over; rakes over

chiefly British, informal

: to continue to think or talk about (something that happened in the past)

Don't spend so much time raking over the past.

Examples of rake over in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Someone has done something wrong and they get raked over the coals. — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2026

Many people would be deliciously tired after such wholesome exertion and not want to spend their evenings raking over the past with a chatty English journalist. — Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026

Dru-Ann is getting raked over the coals online for putting pressure on a client in full view of a camera. — Alison Herman, Variety, 9 July 2026

The GoFundMe has so far raked over $38,000 of its $40,000 goal. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026

Rhymes for rake over

• carryover
• changeover
• crossover
• cutover
• flashover
• hangover
• holdover
• layover
• leftover
• makeover
• moreover
• passover