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Definition of rake up phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rake up

phrasal verb
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rake something up
  1. (informal, disapproving) to mention something unpleasant that happened in the past and that other people would like to forget
    • Raking up the past will only make things worse.
See rake up in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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