raking up

verb

present participle of rake up
as in smoking out

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for raking up
  1. owning
  2. giving away
  3. acknowledging
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  • The Brewers are the small-market overachievers, who somehow have retained their little-engine-that-could persona despite owning the best regular-season record in baseball last year.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • There was leakage from the defensive front, which at times struggled setting the edge, and owning the line of scrimmage.
    — Omar Kelly August 15, Miami Herald, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of owning
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  • Insomnia Cookies is giving away 30,000 cookies for the back-to-school season.
    — Greta Cross, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Perry did not say whether those three expenditures were from the campaign giving away Durk’s money after his October 2024 arrest on murder-for-hire charges.
    — Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of giving away
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  • Raskin opened the missive by acknowledging that Paramount has not responded to his four previous inquiries in the past 12 months.
    — Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Mark Kelly hopes to see historical markers placed in a park or along a walking trail in the subdivision acknowledging the history of the land.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of acknowledging
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“Raking up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/raking%20up. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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