verb
earn large sums of money
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Since she accepted the new position, she has been raking it in
• Syn: ↑shovel in
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Somebody ——s something
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rake in (informal)
To acquire rapidly and in great quantity
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Main Entry: ↑rake
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ˌrake ˈin [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they rake in he/she/it rakes in present participle raking in past tense raked in past participle raked in] informal phrasal verb
to earn a lot of money
be raking it in:
A lot of computer engineers nowadays are raking it in.
Thesaurus: to earn a lot of money or earn money easilysynonym
Main entry: rake
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rake in [phrasal verb]
informal
The movie raked in over $300 million.
2 rake it in : to earn a lot of money
The owners of that restaurant must be really raking it in.
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Main Entry: ↑rake
Useful english dictionary. 2012.