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scrape together
scrape together or scrape upvb (tr, adverb) to collect with difficulty: to scrape together money for a new car. Translationszusammenkratzenracimolarescrape together
scrape (someone or something) togetherTo find and gather or collect (things or people) from various sources or locations. I managed to scrape together enough cash to get a bus out to Vancouver to see my girlfriend this weekend. How are we ever going to scrape enough people together to form a team by this weekend?See also: scrape, togetherscrape someone or something together and scrape someone or something upFig. 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.See also: scrape, togetherscrape something togetherto 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.See also: scrape, togetherscrape togetherv. To accumulate or produce something with difficulty: We scraped together just enough cash to pay for the pizza. The kitchen was so empty that we could barely scrape a meal together.See also: scrape, togetherFinancialSeescrape |