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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Robyn, who apparently is the only one on the podcast with working reasoning skills, removed the comment from the final edit to save Gizelle from being raked over the coals yet again. — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2026 Listen, Justin Herbert is getting absolutely raked over the coals on the internet right now. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026 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 See All Example Sentences for rake over

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“Rake over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rake%20over. Accessed 27 Oct. 2026.

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