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scrape together

scrape together verb: to collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty.

Verb

scrape together (third-person singular simple present scrapes together, present participle scraping together, simple past and past participle scraped together)

  1. (idiomatic) To collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty

scrape together meaning in Kannada

Synonyms of scrape together

Forms of scrape together

third-person singular presentscrapes together
present participlescraping together
past participlescraped together
pastscraped together

Questions about scrape together

What does scrape together mean?
Scrape together means to collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty.
What is scrape together in Kannada?
Scrape together in Kannada is ಬಾಚು. See Scrape together meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is scrape together?
Scrape together is a verb.
What is the past tense of scrape together?
The past tense of scrape together is scraped together.

Words near scrape together in the dictionary

  1. scrape off
  2. scrape someone off the ceiling
  3. scrape the barrel
  4. scrape the bottom of the barrel
  5. scrape through
  6. scrape together
  7. scrape up
  8. scrape-good
  9. scrape-goods
  10. scrape-pennies
  11. scrape-penny

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