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SCRAPE UP

(verb)

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There is 1 meaning of the phrase Scrape Up.

Scrape Up - as a verb

Gather (money or other resources) together over time

Example: "She had scraped together enough money for college"

Synonyms (Exact Relations)
come upscrape10scratch14
Hypernyms (Closely Related)
accumulate16amass7collect11compile13hoard9pile uproll up
Hyponyms (Broadly Related)

Example Sentences

"She had to scrape up enough money to pay for rent."
"He had to scrape up the courage to ask her out."
"They had to scrape up all the leftover food to feed the hungry dog."
"I need to scrape up some information about that topic before the meeting."
"We had to scrape up some volunteers for the charity event."
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