Meaning of rake-stepping | Babel Free

Definitions

The act of repeatedly making damaging and avoidable mistakes.

countable, slang, uncountable

Examples

“But the rake-stepping won’t stop, and the attacks won’t go away, raising the question of whether there will come a tipping point for Biden.”

“And despite occasional attempts at reform, usually in response to some epic rake-stepping by the agency, federal disaster relief has gotten no simpler or more effective.”

“VP of Player Personnel Eliot Wolf oozes with, “Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing …” and has deftly escaped any blame for the personnel rake-stepping of the past few seasons.”

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