"scratch together" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-scratch together.ogg [Australia] Forms: scratches together [present, singular, third-person], scratching together [participle, present], scratched together [participle, past], scratched together [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} scratch together (third-person singular simple present scratches together, present participle scratching together, simple past and past participle scratched together)
  1. (idiomatic) To collect, assemble or gather small amounts (especially of money), from various sources, with some difficulty; to scrape together. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: scrape together
    Sense id: en-scratch_together-en-verb-UA6lxHlY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (together)

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for scratch together meaning in English (1.7kB)

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