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
Now, a large part of the population is struggling to scratch together three meals a day, and cooking gas has been out for weeks.
From New York Times ● May 17, 2022
“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
The workman has a subconscious yearning to scratch together a nice soft heap of manila envelopes and lie down on that couch for a six months' ear-pounding.
From Pipefuls by Morley, Christopher
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