rake up

verb

1. tr, adverb to revive, discover, or bring to light (something forgotten)

   to rake up an old quarrel

Idioms and Phrases

Revive, bring to light, especially something unpleasant, as in She was raking up old gossip . [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

He forbade his subjects, under pain of banishment, to rake up the old causes of dispute.

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Rake up the leaves, and add everything of this kind to the compost heap.

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They're having a devil of a time to rake up the money every month to meet the pay-roll when it's due.

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"I want not to rake up bygones if you will let them be," Claude answered with a sulky air, half assumed.

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Between the roadway and the house, Aaron knelt to rake up with his fingers a handful of the new-thawed soil.

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