step on a rake
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English
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Verb
[edit]step on a rake (third-person singular simple present steps on a rake, present participle stepping on a rake, simple past and past participle stepped on a rake)
- (literally) To step on the tines of a garden rake, causing the handle of the rake to rise from the ground rapidly, invariably striking the person walking in the face.
- (idiomatic, figuratively) To fall victim to a hazard.
Translations
[edit]idiom: to fall victim to a hazard
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