"scrape together" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-scrape together.ogg [Australia] Forms: scrapes together [present, singular, third-person], scraping together [participle, present], scraped together [participle, past], scraped together [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} scrape together (third-person singular simple present scrapes together, present participle scraping together, simple past and past participle scraped together)
  1. (idiomatic) To collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: rake together, rustle up, scratch together Translations (collect small amounts): (Chinese Mandarin), (còu) (Chinese Mandarin), 湊齊 (Chinese Mandarin), 凑齐 (còuqí) (Chinese Mandarin), raapia kasaan (Finnish), rassembler (French), racimolare (Italian), raggranellare (Italian), corrādō (Latin), skrapa ihop (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "collect small amounts",
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      "sense": "collect small amounts",
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      "sense": "collect small amounts",
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      "sense": "collect small amounts",
      "word": "racimolare"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "collect small amounts",
      "word": "raggranellare"
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      "sense": "collect small amounts",
      "word": "corrādō"
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      "sense": "collect small amounts",
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