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rake in

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[rake in] {v. phr.}

To realize great profits; take in money.

* /Because of the heavy snowfall, ski lodge operators in the Rocky Mountains have been raking in the dough this winter season./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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