come to the scratch
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Verb edit
come to the scratch (third-person singular simple present comes to the scratch, present participle coming to the scratch, simple past came to the scratch, past participle come to the scratch)
- (prizefighting) To step up to the scratch or mark made in the ring to be toed by the combatants in beginning a contest.
- (figurative, colloquial) To meet an antagonist or a difficulty bravely.