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
When I was bound to old Lowe, it went hard, ef I couldn't scratch together enough for a bit of ribbon-bow or a ring for Nell, come Christmas.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 63, January, 1863 by Various
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