scrape up

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scrape up

verb scrapes up · scraping up · scraped up

transitive To scrape completely; cover all over with scrapes. He should not have used that old dirty rag. Look how it scraped up his paint job.
transitive to collect together by scraping scrape up all the dirt left in the bath.
transitive to gather together something needed (especially money) If I empty all my pockets, search around the house, and ask a few friends for a loan, I should be able to scrape up enough money to buy that new suit.
Similar: scrape together
obsolete, transitive To clean a roller and slab by removing ink.

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verb collect something needed

Italiano	racimolare
Русский	наскреба́ть naskrebátʹ, наскрести́ naskrestí

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@misc{scrape_up_2026,
  title = {scrape up},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scrape%20up},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}