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
  • But the United States has not attempted mass arrests of migrants since 1954, when border agents rounded up more than 1 million people living in Texas and California and forcibly transported them to Mexico.
    Stephen Engelberg, ProPublica, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Trump has vowed to use the National Guard and other parts of the military to round up as many as 11 million foreign nationals, despite U.S. law that forbids the deployment of armed forces against civilians.
    Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of round up
Verb
  • San Jose acquired Vanecek and a 2025 seventh-round puck from the New Jersey Devils at the trade deadline last season for fellow goalie Kaapo Kahkonen.
    Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 5 Nov. 2024
  • After failing to acquire Rogers Corporation due to regulatory hurdles, DuPont took the sale proceeds and repurchased billions of dollars worth of stock at much lower levels.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of acquire
Verb
  • Farmers and agricultural experts have always known crops need some excess irrigation to flush salts away.
    Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
  • To control it, farmers must add extra water to wash salts away from plant roots.
    The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024
Definition of salt away
Verb
  • Construction is estimated at almost $30 million and the foundation stone was laid in 2018.
    George Nelson, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The carousel then continues with a sweet snap of Pelphrey and Cuoco laying in bed, followed by a picture of them sitting at a table together.
    Raven Brunner, Peoplemag, 28 July 2024
Definition of lay in
Verb
  • Over his four-year major-league career, Kim has accumulated 48 defensive runs saved — 24 at shortstop, 15 at second base, nine at third base — and 78 steals.
    Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Home Depot The billionaire, a major donor to Republican politicians, accumulated his fortune by starting The Home Depot with Arthur Blank in 1978, with the two building the hardware store into a giant retail chain that now operates 2,300 stores and employs more than 500,000.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of accumulate
Verb
  • And with female cane toads capable of laying up to 30,000 eggs at a time, their numbers multiplied at an almost unstoppable pace.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Additionally, the tubes were improperly laid up during the two-year shutdown period, causing 700 tubes in one steam generator and 248 in the other to now require significant repair.
    Therese Boudreaux | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of lay up
Verb
  • All of these parts were assembled on a Praxis Wetbench chassis, and all tests were performed inside Windows 11 Pro with the latest updates installed.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
  • To prove it, Jeff brings out an exact copy of the immunity necklace, the one that a member of Hordak’s Horde seemingly assembled in an assault on all retinas everywhere.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of assemble
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