scrape (together)

verb

Definition of scrape (together)next
as in to put by

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrape (together)
  1. put by
  2. round up
  3. acquire
  4. salt away
  5. lay in
  6. accumulate
  7. lay up
  8. assemble
Verb
  • When the smoke cleared, leaving stains on the green that didn’t affect their shots, Scheffler, who missed birdie puts by inches on 16 and 17, came up an inch short again on his 26-footer.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 June 2024
  • Truman answers the questions put by Pearl’s diners.
    Liz Smith, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2024
Definition of put by
Verb
  • In honor of the banner year in fashion, Vogue has rounded up the standout stylists who helped make the past 12 months an extremely fun (and chic) ride.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 17 Dec. 2024
  • However, most voters would prefer to see stronger border controls that stop well short of rounding up entire families and forcing them on planes back to their parents’ countries of origin.
    Max Thornberry, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of round up
Verb
  • If a player gets traded on Dec. 17 or later and the receiving team uses an exception to acquire him, his contract cannot get aggregated at the trade deadline.
    Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Golden State, per multiple reports, is finalizing a deal to acquire Dennis Schroder from the Brooklyn Nets.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 Dec. 2024
Definition of acquire
Verb
  • Long Reach’s crowd began counting down the final seconds as Legge fittingly salted away the clock.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Farmers and agricultural experts have always known crops need some excess irrigation to flush salts away.
    Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
Definition of salt away
Verb
  • As the second installment of the Daughter of Three Waters trilogy, this standalone novel reimagines Oya’s story while drawing upon the foundations laid in my debut, Shallow Waters.
    Anita Kopacz, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
  • As the teams headed for the locker room, Beck laid in pain on the Mercedes Benz Stadium turf, surrounded by Georgia medical staff.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of lay in
Verb
  • On average, playoff teams accumulated just 52.47 penalty yards per game.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The fund had accumulated around $54,828 by December 12 at around 4 p.m. ET.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of accumulate
Verb
  • Until recently, woven sheets of carbon fiber had to be laid up by hand in a mold, impregnated with resin, then cured for hours in an autoclave oven.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2012
  • Adults can live up to one week, spending that time laying up to 200 eggs in the top layers of moist plant soil.
    Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of lay up
Verb
  • The camper components ship as a flat pack and assemble together without the need for tools or adhesives.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The character references Hughes assembled were glowing and, crucially, Slot also had the self-belief to embrace the challenge of following in Klopp’s footsteps.
    James Pearce, The Athletic, 17 Dec. 2024
Definition of assemble
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