rake it in

verb

To make a lot of money.

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Meanings

verbrake it in (third-person singular simple present rakes it in, present participle raking it in, simple past and past participle raked it in)

present singular third person rakes it in · participle present raking it in · participle past raked it in · past raked it in

  1. slangTo make a lot of money.

    Budget hotels are raking it in as business people feel the crunch.

    2008, The Observer, 5 Oct 08
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    Alas, geriatrics and convalescent homes, however regal, don't rake it in like moneyed metrosexuals.

    2006, The Guardian, 12 Aug 06

    [I've l]ooted them all, brought back heirlooms By the ton, and handed it all over To Atreus' son, who hung back in camp Raking it in and distributing damn little.

    1997, Stanley Lombardo, tr. Homer, The Iliad, page 169

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
earnmake a fortune
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