scrape up
gather (money or other resources) together over time (Freq. 1) - She had scraped together enough money for college - they scratched a meager living • Syn: scrape, scratch, come up • Hypernyms: roll up, collect, accumulate, pile up, amass, compile, hoard • Hyponyms: nickel-and-dime • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s PP (for: come up)
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