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Counsel would be sure to rake up the "notorious Mrs. Warren" and
drag in the White Slave Traffic, to bewilder a jury and throw
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To bring up or uncover (something), as embarrassing information, past misdeeds, etc.
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Poetry examples for “rake up”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.