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phrasescrape together/up
scrape together/up sth • scrape sth together to succeed in getting enough money for a particular purpose, when this is very difficult to do: Lucy Tucker, 24, was homeless in Pasadena, doing odd jobs to scrape up enough money to eat. Though virtually penniless, he scraped enough money together to educate his six sons. Finch built her first business with money scraped together from friends, family members and former employers.
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