scrape in

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verb

(intr, adverb) to succeed in entering with difficulty or by a narrow marginhe only just scraped into university Also: scrape into

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Mississippi’s nickname comes from the magnificent trees that grow there. What is it?

The Sunflower State

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Words nearby scrape in

scrannel, Scranton, scrap, scrapbook, scrape, scrape in, scraper, scraperboard, scrape through, scrape together, scrape up an acquaintance

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Example sentences from the Web for scrape in

This is a guy who has his son-in-law clean his eyeglasses, for crying out loud.
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Her travel clique has been known to arrive at an airport, bags packed, passport-in-hand, within hours of spotting a deal.
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Earl Spencer adds, “Effectively, my great-grandfather sold his children to his father-in-law.”
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The lack of a gun is not likely to be a major problem for close-in air-to-air dogfights against other jets.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST

But those weapons are of limited utility, especially during close-in fights.
New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Such throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
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The commander-in-chief still kept him attached to the headquarter staff, and constantly employed him on special service.
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So far Murat had always held subordinate commands; his great ambition was to become the commander-in-chief of an independent army.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
Their jurisdictions overlapped and the Gascon would play second fiddle to no one save to his great brother-in-law.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
But the novel disappeared under the clothes with amazing celerity as the voice of her sister-in-law demanded admission.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills

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