Sentence examples for to scrape together from inspiring English sources

Suggestions(5)

to collect together

to pull together

to gather together

to pinch together

to jam together

The phrase "to scrape together" is correct and usable in written English.
This phrase is often used to describe the act of collecting or gathering small amounts of something over a period of time. For example, "After two years of hard work, I was finally able to scrape together enough money to buy a car."

Dictionary

to scrape together

noun

A broad, shallow injury left by scraping (rather than a cut or a scratch).

He fell on the sidewalk and got a scrape on his knee.

synonyms

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We've had to scrape together whatever we can.

The Guardian

All of that happened, and the Jets still managed to scrape together another win.

The New York Times - Sports

The "Traitorous Eight", as Shockley called them, managed to scrape together $3,500 between them.

The Economist

Working long hours in his tailor shop, my grandfather somehow managed to scrape together the tuition.

The New York Times

But last Wednesday Greece managed to scrape together €200m for an earlier instalment to the IMF.

The Guardian

It's taken that long to scrape together and borrow the money for the trip.

The Guardian

"Many struggle just to scrape together funds for their local community college," Mr. Guerrero said.

The New York Times

Though not a frequent pawner, he occasionally uses Spino's to scrape together a few extra bucks.

The New York Times - Magazine

For a recent rye sampling, we barely managed to scrape together 15 bottles.

The New York Times - Food

But they were just able to scrape together the March payment, delivering it two weeks late.

The New York Times

Eventually, he managed to scrape together enough information to verify this was her.

The Guardian - Tech

More suggestions(15)

to bind together

to come together

to sit together

to keep together

to create together

to stand together

to stick together

to cook together

to win together

to stay together

to go together

to put together

to practice together

to study together

to work together

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