rake up

British  

verb

1. (tr, adverb) to revive, discover, or bring to light (something forgotten)

   to rake up an old quarrel

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rake up Idioms  

1. Revive, bring to light, especially something unpleasant, as in She was raking up old gossip. [Late 1500s]

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Example Sentences

The giant planets brawl among themselves, too, competing to rake up excess material and grow more giant still, sometimes ejecting the unlucky losers from the system in a “last planets standing” melee.

From Scientific American • Jun. 19, 2023

As we rake up leaves and pods from our neighbor’s tree every fall, we remind ourselves what a gift the shade was all summer.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2022

Afterward rake up the sod manually with a square shovel or pitchfork.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 21, 2020

Never underestimate the capacity of the media to descend into the most fawning nonsense and to rake up trivia and irrelevance until it comes out of their every orifice.

From The Guardian • Nov. 28, 2010

Would they not rake up the past and find clues that had led to my fate?

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright