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Definition rake up in British English

rake up phrasal verb

[transitive] phrasal verb
1

to mention something unpleasant that happened in the past and that someone else does not want to talk about

Example

Newspaper journalists are always raking up scandalous stories.

Synonyms and related words
mention refer to invoke
Definition rake up in British English