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rake off

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rake something off (of) something and rake something off
to remove something from something by raking. (Of is usually retained before pronouns.) Please rake the leaves off the lawn. Rake off the leaves.
See also: rake


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88 per cent profit - it's 16-1 the tie - takes some of the play away from the exchanges who rake off five per cent for themselves for setting up the facility.
Bob Crow, general secretary of the transport union, RMT, said: "Passengers being told to fork out huge increases in fares and season tickets for overcrowded services have every reason to ask how the operators can rake off such huge amounts of their money as profits.
Some of them have been keeping it themselves I understand, and others have been passing it on to claim farmers, that's people that's been directing these poor, sick, unfortunate, elderly miners to these solicitors and they've been having the rake off.
 
 
 
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