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on the little that Nigel is making. 6 scrape together or up.
glean, garner, scratch or get or rake together or up, dredge up,
scrabble for, gather, save (up), get hold of, marshal, amass,
muster, accumulate, aggregate, compile, pile up, stack up,
assemble, Colloq scrounge (up): By the time we finally managed
to scrape up enough for a down payment on a house, the prices
had gone up.
--n. 7 abrasion, bruise, scratch, graze, scuff, damage, injury:
He was very annoyed when he found a scrape on his brand-new car.
8 predicament, difficulty, quandary, dilemma, plight, (fine)
kettle of fish, muddle, stew, situation, position, pinch, Colloq
pickle, fix, mess, the crunch, (tight or tough) spot: I got
into a terrible scrape by forgetting our wedding anniversary.
Can you lend me some money to help me out of a scrape?
scratch v. 1 mar, mark, gouge (out), gash, abrade, graze, scuff, grate
against, bruise, damage, injure; claw: If you glue some felt to
the bottom, the lamp won't scratch the table. 2 chafe, rub: If
you scratch those mosquito bites you might get an infection. 3
Often, scratch out or off. erase, obliterate, rub out or off,
cross out, delete, strike out or off, expunge; exclude,
eliminate, US x out: You can scratch my name from the list of
candidates. She scratched out what she had written and started
again.
--n. 4 mark, gouge, gash, abrasion, scrape, graze, scuff,
bruise, damage, injury; line: Where did you get that scratch on
your face? 'It's only a scratch', Sandy protested as they tried
to remove the spear from his shoulder. 5 up to scratch. up to
standard or par, adequate, sufficient, good enough, competent,
satisfactory, competitive, Colloq up to snuff: Cynthia's
performance is not yet up to scratch, so she might not make the
team.
--adj. 6 hasty, hurried, impromptu, unplanned, haphazard,
rough, casual, informal, unprepared, unpremeditated, makeshift,
extempore, Colloq off the cuff, US pick-up: We didn't have time
to practise, so we are racing with a scratch crew.
scratchy adj. 1 itchy, irritating, prickly: The pullover was as
scratchy as a hair shirt. 2 rough, hoarse, raw, grating, sore,
raspy, dry: My throat feels a bit scratchy and I need something