rake over old coals (English, verb)
expansion: rake over old coals (third-person singular simple present rakes over old coals, present participle raking over old coals, simple past and past participle raked over old coals)
Senses:
glosses: To bring back old problems; to dig up old trouble.
tags: British
figuratively
Forms:
form: rakes over old coals
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: raking over old coals
tags: participle
present
form: raked over old coals
tags: participle
past
form: raked over old coals
tags: past