rake over
phrasal 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
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Wray was also raked over the coals by Republican lawmakers for cutting short a Senate oversight hearing in 2023 to fly on an FBI aircraft to a family vacation in the Adirondacks.
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Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Non-Stop Flight has also allowed naysayers to see perhaps for the first time why Bell made mistakes in his life and was raked over the coals for doing so.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025
Use the tine side for raking debris into piles and for rough grading and then flip the rake over and use the bow side for smoothing.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2025
Aubrey Plaza's Husband Found Dead G20 – New Viola Davis Film Set To Hit Prime Video in April
The couple's first offering, Harry & Meghan, soared to the top of the Netflix rankings in December 2022 but was criticized in America for raking over the coals of their royal exit one too many times.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Director Todd Philips, who has been raked over the coals for this sequel, has said he’s done with DC and is moving on.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
Then, run a rake over the lawn lightly to get any granules to fall into the soil.
—oregonlive, 13 May 2023
Those critics must be dismayed that Fox and its employees will not be raked over the coals and otherwise humiliated in the court of public opinion, as well as in the courtroom.
—Jane E. Kirtley, The Conversation, 19 Apr. 2023
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Daniel Klaidman, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2025
Non-Stop Flight has also allowed naysayers to see perhaps for the first time why Bell made mistakes in his life and was raked over the coals for doing so.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Apr. 2025
Use the tine side for raking debris into piles and for rough grading and then flip the rake over and use the bow side for smoothing.
—Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2025
Aubrey Plaza's Husband Found Dead G20 – New Viola Davis Film Set To Hit Prime Video in April
The couple's first offering, Harry & Meghan, soared to the top of the Netflix rankings in December 2022 but was criticized in America for raking over the coals of their royal exit one too many times.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
Director Todd Philips, who has been raked over the coals for this sequel, has said he’s done with DC and is moving on.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
Then, run a rake over the lawn lightly to get any granules to fall into the soil.
—oregonlive, 13 May 2023
Those critics must be dismayed that Fox and its employees will not be raked over the coals and otherwise humiliated in the court of public opinion, as well as in the courtroom.
—Jane E. Kirtley, The Conversation, 19 Apr. 2023
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“Rake over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rake%20over. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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