rake up

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === rake up (third-person singular simple present rakes up, present participle raking up, simple past and past participle raked up) (ambitransitive, figurative) To bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc. (transitive, figurative, obsolete) To cover up, to hide (like covering live embers by raking ashes over them). Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rake.