rake sth/sb up
— phrasal verb with rake /reɪk/ verbDefinition
› to get the things or people you need, with difficulty or by looking in various places: I'm trying to rake up some people to play football on Saturday - do you want to come along?Collecting and amassing
(Definition of rake sth/sb up from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a pack rat idiom
- accumulate verb
- amass verb
- assemble verb (GATHER)
- bank verb (MASS)
- collectable adjective
- collector noun (HOBBY)
- collector's item noun
- compilation noun
- concentrate verb (COME TOGETHER)
- concentration noun (AMOUNT)
- fundraising noun
- garner verb
- gather verb (COLLECT)
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