SCRAPE UP
Dictionary entry overview: What does scrape up mean? • SCRAPE UP (verb)
The verb SCRAPE UP has 1 sense:
1. gather (money or other resources) together over time
Familiarity information: SCRAPE UP used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SCRAPE UP (verb)
Meaning:
Gather (money or other resources) together over time
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
scrape up; scrape; scratch; come up
Context examples:
She had scraped together enough money for college / they scratched a meager living
Hypernyms (to "scrape up" is one way to...):
accumulate; amass; collect; compile; hoard; pile up; roll up (get or gather together)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "scrape up"):
nickel-and-dime (accumulate gradually)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
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