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scrape someone or something together and scrape someone or something up Fig. to find and collect something; to locate and assemble a group of people or things. (Based on scrape something up.) Fm sure we can scrape up someone for the job. Mary scraped a few dollars together for some new books. John barely scraped up enough money to pay his rent. scrape something together to gather things together by scraping. The waiter scraped all the crumbs together and removed them from the table with a little gadget. Karen scraped together all the trimmings and set them aside. scrape together something also scrape something together to gather something that is not easily available, esp. money He managed to scrape together $20 for the train and came back home. Many immigrants have difficulty scraping enough money together for the application. Related vocabulary: scare up somethingUsage notes: also in the form scrape up something: Somehow these families managed to scrape up the tuition fee. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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As to Spain, she could not scrape together more than 110 reals. Vyse managed to scrape together a dinner-party consisting entirely of the grandchildren of famous people. Fortunately for me, my father lost a lawsuit just in the nick of time, and was obliged to scrape together every farthing of available money that he possessed to pay for the luxury of going to law. |
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