▼ ادامه توضیحات دیکشنری؛ پس از بنر تبلیغاتی ▼
English Dictionary scrape together phrasal verb - to obtain or collect together something, but with difficulty
- ● They managed to scrape up $50 000 from supporters.
Definitions on the go
Look up any word in the dictionary offline, anytime, anywhere with the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary app.
[TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲
Idiomsscrape togetherscrape 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 the form scrape up something: Somehow these families managed to scrape up the tuition fee.Related vocabulary:
scare up something [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
scrape together somethingscrape 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 the form scrape up something: Somehow these families managed to scrape up the tuition fee.Related vocabulary:
scare up something [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
scrape something togetherto gather small amounts of money or something (usually with some difficulty) for some purpose
We scraped together some money and bought a present for my mother.
We managed to scrape together enough money to go on a holiday even though business is very bad at the moment.
[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
scrape togetherto gather small amounts of money or something (usually with some difficulty) for some purpose
We scraped together some money and bought a present for my mother.
We managed to scrape together enough money to go on a holiday even though business is very bad at the moment.
[TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲
scrape together v. phr. To quickly assemble, usually from scanty ingredients.
We were so hungry we had to scrape together some lunch from all kinds of frozen leftovers. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲