English Explanatory Dictionary

rake-stepping

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of repeatedly making damaging and avoidable mistakes.

Word forms

rake-stepping rake-steppings rake stepping

Etymology

Popularized by a gag in the 1993 episode "Cape Feare" of The Simpsons, in which Sideshow Bob, already injured, accidentally steps on several rakes, causing the handles to hit him in the face.

Related words

step on a rake fuck around and find out Leopards Eating People's Faces Party make one's bed and lie in it play stupid games, win stupid prizes reap what one sows
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