scratch together
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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He sold items on a reselling app to scratch together extra cash and collected bottles and cans to recycle for money to buy food.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2023
“Yet, amazingly, the Germans were able to scratch together approximately 28 divisions for the upcoming offensive,” says an Army history.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 16, 2019
Forget retirement — the first episode involves the quartet’s quest to scratch together enough cash to pay their $70 electric bill.
From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2019
We shopped at discount grocery stores and cooked special dinners from scratch together.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 4, 2019
We'll drive there, and I'll wait outside in the cab until you can scratch together a gripful of your things.
From Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 by Day, Holman
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