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step on a rake

verb

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  1. To step on the tines of a garden rake, causing the handle of the rake to rise from the…

    To step on the tines of a garden rake, causing the handle of the rake to rise from the ground rapidly, striking the person walking in the face.

  2. To fall victim to an avoidable (usually self-caused) hazard or error.

    • Our President [Franklin Roosevelt] stepped on a rake last week, and the handle hopped up and hit him in the eye. He then blamed the press for leaving the rake lying around.

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