scratch together
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Reaves even led the Lakers with 23 points as Davis could only scratch together 12.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 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
The most they could possibly scratch together was twenty-two thousand.
From Murder in the Gunroom by Piper, H. Beam
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