rake : Idioms & Phrases

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croupier's rake

  • noun a small rake used by a croupier to move chips around on the table
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garden rake

  • noun a rake used by gardeners
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Gill rakes

  • . (Anat.) See under 1st Gill.
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Gill rakes, ∨ Gill rakers

  • (Anat.), horny filaments, or progresses, on the inside of the branchial arches of fishes, which help to prevent solid substances from being carried into gill cavities.
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rake handle

  • noun the handle of a rake
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rake in

  • verb earn large sums of money
    shovel in.
    • Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in
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rake off

  • verb take money from an illegal transaction
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rake up

  • verb bring to light
    • He raked up the misdeeds of his predecessor
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rake-off

  • noun a percentage (of winnings or loot or profit) taken by an operator or gangster
    vigorish.
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rake-vein

Rake"-vein` noun
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  1. See Rake, a mineral vein.
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Raking course

  • (Bricklaying), a course of bricks laid diagonally between the face courses in a thick wall, to strengthen.
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Stubble rake

  • a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.
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To rake out

  • (Falconry), to fly too far and wide from its master while hovering above waiting till the game is sprung; said of the hawk.
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To rake up

  • . (a) To collect together, as the fire (live coals), and cover with ashes . (b) To bring up; to search out an bring to notice again; as, to rake up old scandals.
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