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scrapes the bottom of the barrel

scrapes the bottom of the barrel is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 scrapes the bottom of the barrel

What is scrapes the bottom of the barrel the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scrapes the bottom of the barrel is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrape the bottom of the barrel.

Words near scrapes the bottom of the barrel in the dictionary

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

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