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step on a rake

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.
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Submitted on September 01, 2009

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step on a rakeTo fall victim to a hazard.
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monter sur un râteau

наступить на грабли

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