scraped (up or together)

Definition of scraped (up or together)next
past tense of scrape (up or together)
as in earned
to get with great difficulty we're barely scraping together a living on the farm

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  • Tumi Moshobane corralled the rebound and earned a penalty kick, and Brito’s powerful spot kick forced a rebound.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 5 Apr. 2026
  • But Vásquez ended the fifth with a groundout that earned him a chance at the sixth inning.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2026
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“Scraped (up or together).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraped%20%28up%20or%20together%29. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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