Collocations for "raking"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "raking" in context.
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rake
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [even, smooth] the [soil, surface] with a rake
- use a rake to [even] the [soil]
- use a rake to gather [weeds, dead leaves]
- got stuck in the rake's teeth
- [keep, store] the rake in the [hut, shed]
- a [poker, casino, roulette] rake
- slang: a rake of a [boy, girl, woman, person, man]
- slang: as skinny as a rake
- rake the [yard, leaves, garden]
- raking in [millions, money, profit]
- he's raking it in
- raked his [face, beard, chest, hair] (with her fingers)
- raked a [car, building] with [bullets, fire, rounds]
- rake through your [pockets, drawers, brain]
- music: rake and scrape
- idiom: rake [her, the student, me] over the coals
- idiom: rake over the [ashes, past]
- a rake-thin [boy, girl, person]
'raking' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):