rake up

verb

Definition of rake upnext
as in to smoke out

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Recent Examples of rake up Five days after the storm, Mullins was still raking up some of the debris in his backyard. — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 27 May 2025 Mow the lawn to a lower height than usual, being sure to bag the grass clippings and rake up any remaining debris that can keep the seeds from coming into contact with the soil. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026 Instead of leaving them all as mulch beneath the trees, rake up excess needles, especially those that accumulate on driveways and along curbs. — Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Mar. 2026 Call your local representatives and ask them to support PSC Reform bills, talk to your neighbors about your bills to increase awareness, and rake up the muck. — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for rake up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rake up
  1. smoke out
  2. acknowledge
  3. own
  4. unearth
  5. concede
  6. confess
  7. impart
  8. admit
Verb
  • The show devotes a lot of screen time to the fallout from a particular revelation and the subsequent efforts to smoke out the mole.
    — Kate Lavelle, Glamour, 18 May 2026
  • To put all the smoke out is to protect the structures around the fire perimeter and to contain the fire and prevent future escape potential.
    — Christopher Harris, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
Definition of smoke out
Verb
  • This is where Ream acknowledged just how unique this journey had been – to represent a home World Cup at a time when the county was celebrating July 4 and its 250th anniversary.
    — David Close, CNN Money, 7 July 2026
  • The episode ends with a heated exchange where Corlys confronts Rhaenyra for publicly styling his son as Addam of Hull, declining his request for his son to be acknowledged as a Velaryon by the crown.
    — Zoe Papelis, Vulture, 6 July 2026
Definition of acknowledge
Verb
  • After all, the eloquent document’s principal author, Thomas Jefferson, owned 600 slaves.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
  • Ultra is owned by private equity firm Advent International, and specializes in anti-submarine technology.
    — Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 6 July 2026
Definition of own
Verb
  • Last season’s Yulissa Escobar was dismissed after Redditors unearthed old videos of the event planner dropping the n-word on a podcast discussing an ex-boyfriend.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026
  • These include an elite Viking Age burial site unearthed near Lisbjerg and engraved 9th century silver bangles, found in Elsted, that functioned as currency whose value was determined by the jewelry’s weight.
    — Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of unearth
Verb
  • El Tri is averaging two goals a game and has yet to concede one.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026
  • Mexico remains unbeaten in this year’s tournament and has won four out of four games without conceding a goal.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 3 July 2026
Definition of concede
Verb
  • Elsewhere in the episode, Sheridan confessed to not caring about the opinions of television critics.
    — Yamillah Hurtado, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
  • During her trial, prosecutors played a recording of Yang confessing to Reuter's murder to a friend who was wearing a wire.
    — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Definition of confess
Verb
  • Its argument is that humanities departments have become overly specialized, politicized, and disconnected from the goal of imparting a common body of historical knowledge.
    — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
  • The values imparted to me throughout my public school education — equal opportunity, impartial justice, respect for expertise, basic honesty — have been abandoned by a new breed of politician that has turned governance itself into a blood sport.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026
Definition of impart
Verb
  • Leaders also expect to sign an agreement admitting French Guiana before the conference concludes on Wednesday.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 6 July 2026
  • In February 2025, Musk admitted DOGE accidentally ended—and then quickly restored—funding for Ebola prevention, saying there was no interruption to programming.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 6 July 2026
Definition of admit

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“Rake up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rake%20up. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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