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raking over the coals

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.66 in modern English

Syllables
rak-ing over the -coals
IPA
31
Scrabble Score
18
Letters
3
Syllables
14
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of rake over the coals

Questions

What does raking over the coals mean?
present participle and gerund of rake over the coals

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