verb
I scraped my knee on the pavement when I fell
As I scraped away the grime, a beautiful mosaic was revealed. Each sled dog scraped out a hole in the snow and snuggled into it
Only by scraping were we able to pay the increased taxes
He can bow and scrape all he likes, but Jones will get nowhere with the foreman
We are just about able to scrape by on the little that Nigel is making
By the time we finally managed to scrape up enough for a down payment on a house, the prices had gone up
noun
He was very annoyed when he found a scrape on his brand-new car
I got into a terrible scrape by forgetting our wedding anniversary. Can you lend me some money to help me out of a scrape?
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