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scrape

verb as in scratch, remove outer layer

verb as in be very frugal

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Though her film flirts with surrealism, Bronstein carefully maintains a sense of truth as Linda scrapes past a never-ending pile of obstacles, trying to claw her way free before she’s buried alive.

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I also found myself in urgent care needing Dermabond to glue my wound closed a few weeks ago, after scraping my finger.

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Many — but not all — are scraped free of fire debris from destroyed homes and businesses.

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While is an 18th and 19th-Century northern English verb meaning to scrape, rake, or pull together with the hands.

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Getting rid of him will require a good deal of scraping.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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