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.

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“Rake over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rake%20over. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.

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