scrape

  • 41scrape — See: BOW AND SCRAPE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 42scrape — See: BOW AND SCRAPE …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 43Scrape — An abrasion or cut caused by something rubbing roughly against the skin. To treat scrape, wash the area with soap and water, and keeping it clean and dry. Alcohol, hydrogen peroxide, and iodine can delay healing and should be avoided. Seek… …

    Medical dictionary

  • 44scrape — [14] Scrape is certainly of Germanic origin, but it is not clear whether it was borrowed from Old Norse skrapa (ancestor of Swedish skrapa and Danish skrabe) or Middle Dutch schrapen. Either way it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base *skrap …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 45scrape — See: bow and scrape …

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  • 46scrape by — have just enough to live, get by    We can scrape by if we sell the car and the TV …

    English idioms

  • 47scrape by — 1. to have only enough money to buy the basic things you need to live. Even with both of us working, we earn just enough to scrape by. 2. to come very close to failing. She only scraped by in the last election and no one expects her to win this… …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 48scrape by — when the money s not there, you learn how to scrape by Syn: manage, cope, survive, muddle through/along, make ends meet, get by/along, make do, keep the wolf from the door, keep one s head above water, eke out a living; informal make out …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 49ˌscrape ˈby — phrasal verb to have just enough money to pay for the things that you really need in order to live, but no more She just manages to scrape by on her teacher s salary.[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 50scrape — [[t]skreɪp[/t]] v. scraped, scrap•ing, n. 1) to rub (a surface) with something rough or sharp, as to clean or smooth it 2) to remove by rubbing with something rough or sharp 3) to scratch, injure, or mar by brushing against something rough or… …

    From formal English to slang