Definition of scrape together
scrape together 
verb - transitive
- of money, to gather.
I'm sorry, but this is all I could scrape together on short notice.
- See more words with the same meaning: to make money.
Last edited on Nov 30 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 30 2010.
- to prepare something hastily, often food.
I'm sorry, but this is all I could scrape together on short notice.
Last edited on Nov 30 2010. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Nov 30 2010.
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| Definitions include: the pursuit of money. | |
| Definitions include: to save money or increase personal wealth. | |
| Definitions include: to earn, usually money. | |
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| Definitions include: to phone or page excessively; to fill up the capacity of some electronic answering service (voice mail, answering machine, one's pager, etc.) | |
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| Definitions include: It means to work hard and get some money. | |
| Definitions include: to earn money. | |
| Definitions include: to earn an income. | |
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| Definitions include: This is an expression that was used in Western Kentucky in the late seventies, possibly earlier. | |
| Definitions include: to get one's life in order. | |
| Definitions include: to get one's life in order. | |
| Definitions include: to have one's life in order. | |
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| Definitions include: to be in a relationship. | |
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| Definitions include: to regain one's composure. | |
| Definitions include: of multiple people, to join together to solve a problem. | |
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