step on a rake

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Verb

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)

1. (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.
2. (idiomatic, figuratively) To fall victim to a hazard.

Translations

idiom: to fall victim to a hazard

• Finnish: astua miinaan
• Latvian: kāpt uz grābekļa
• Russian: наступи́ть на гра́бли (nastupítʹ na grábli)