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81scrape\ the\ bottom\ of\ the\ barrel — v. phr. informal To use or take whatever is left after the most or the best has been taken; accept the leftovers. At first they took out quarters, but they had so little money that they had to scrape the bottom of the barrel and paid with nickels …
82scrape the bottom of the barrel — If you scrape the bottom of the barrel, you use the worst or the least satisfactory ideas, things or people because you have no choice. When they started to recruit, they had to scrape the bottom of the barrel because the best people has… …
83scrape back — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms scrape back : present tense I/you/we/they scrape back he/she/it scrapes back present participle scraping back past tense scraped back past participle scraped back British to tie your hair tightly so that it… …
84scrape together — {v. phr.} To quickly assemble, usually from scanty ingredients. * /We were so hungry we had to scrape together some lunch from all kinds of frozen leftovers./ …
85scrape together — {v. phr.} To quickly assemble, usually from scanty ingredients. * /We were so hungry we had to scrape together some lunch from all kinds of frozen leftovers./ …
86scrape off — verb To remove something by a scraping action. You can scrape the paint off using a sharp blade …
87scrape against — phr verb Scrape against is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑chair …
88scrape along — phr verb Scrape along is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑chair …
89scrape away — phr verb Scrape away is used with these nouns as the object: ↑varnish …
90scrape off — phr verb Scrape off is used with these nouns as the object: ↑paint, ↑rust, ↑varnish …
