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scraped the bottom of the barrel

scraped the bottom of the barrel is the simple past and past participle of scrape the bottom of the barrel.

Meaning of scrape the bottom of the barrel

Verb

scrape the bottom of the barrel (third-person singular simple present scrapes the bottom of the barrel, present participle scraping the bottom of the barrel, simple past and past participle scraped the bottom of the barrel)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To settle for a poor option due to a lack or unavailability of anything more favorable.
    • They must really have been scraping the bottom of the barrel if they couldn't find a better design than that.

Questions about scraped the bottom of the barrel

What is scraped the bottom of the barrel the simple past and past participle of?
Scraped the bottom of the barrel is the simple past and past participle of scrape the bottom of the barrel.

Words near scraped the bottom of the barrel in the dictionary

  1. scraped by
  2. scraped down
  3. scraped off
  4. scraped someone off the ceiling
  5. scraped the barrel
  6. scraped the bottom of the barrel
  7. scraped through
  8. scraped together
  9. scraped up
  10. scrapegut
  11. scrapeguts

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