rake over the coals (English, verb)
expansion: rake over the coals (third-person singular simple present rakes over the coals, present participle raking over the coals, simple past and past participle raked over the coals)
Senses:
glosses: To call to task or to reprimand severely.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: rakes over the coals
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: raking over the coals
tags: participle
present
form: raked over the coals
tags: participle
past
form: raked over the coals
tags: past