scrape up
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Verb edit
scrape up (third-person singular simple present scrapes up, present participle scraping up, simple past and past participle scraped up)
- (transitive) To scrape completely; cover all over with scrapes.
- He should not have used that old dirty rag. Look how it scraped up his paint job.
- (transitive) to collect together by scraping
- scrape up all the dirt left in the bath.
- (transitive) to gather together something needed (especially money)
- If I empty all my pockets, search around the house, and ask a few friends for a loan, I should be able to scrape up enough money to buy that new suit.
Synonyms edit
- (gather together something needed): scrape together
Translations edit
collect something needed
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