scrape (up or together)

as in to earn
to get with great difficulty we're barely scraping together a living on the farm

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“Scrape (up or together).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape%20%28up%20or%20together%29. Accessed 11 May. 2025.

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