rake up

1. 1.

   bring to light

   “He raked up the misdeeds of his predecessor”

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Questions about rake up

What does rake up mean?

rake up means "bring to light".

Is rake up a common word?

rake up is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.