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51scrape — 1. n. & v. Shave. 2. Cheap butter, or a thin layer of butter. 3. scrape the (bottom of the) barrel Use the last remnants of one s resources to accomplish something …
52scrape — [14] Scrape is certainly of Germanic origin, but it is not clear whether it was borrowed from Old Norse skrapa (ancestor of Swedish skrapa and Danish skrabe) or Middle Dutch schrapen. Either way it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base *skrap …
53scrape through — ˌscrape ˈthrough [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they scrape through he/she/it scrapes through present participle scraping through …
54scrape the bottom of the barrel — {v. phr.}, {informal} To use or take whatever is left after the most or the best has been taken; accept the leftovers. * /At first they took out quarters, but they had so little money that they had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and paid with …
55scrape the bottom of the barrel — {v. phr.}, {informal} To use or take whatever is left after the most or the best has been taken; accept the leftovers. * /At first they took out quarters, but they had so little money that they had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and paid with …
56scrape together something — scrape together (something) 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.… …
57scrape together — (something) 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. Usage notes: also in …
58scrape together — ˌscrape to ˈgether ˌscrape ˈup [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they scrape together he/she/it scrapes together present participle …
59scrape back — ˌscrape ˈback [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they scrape back he/she/it scrapes back present participle scraping back past tense …
60scrape home — british phrase to achieve victory in a way that is not very impressive scrape home by: Their candidate scraped home by just fifteen votes. Thesaurus: to win a game, competition or argumentsynonym Main entry: scrape …
