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scrape

noun as in bad or embarrassing situation

verb as in scratch, remove outer layer

verb as in be very frugal

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Example Sentences

A case with a raised edge around the screen can provide a handy bumper that surrounds the display and protects it from small bumps, scrapes, and accidental trips to the floor.

After spending weeks on a Conservation Corps in the Arizona desert last fall, my work pants reeked of urine and my legs suffered dozens of scrapes from trying to find a secluded spot to squat in thorny Devils Claw.

There might some scrapes on it, but unless it gets run over by a car, it really shouldn’t crack or anything.

Compean, who sustained just a few minor cuts and scrapes, yelled repeatedly to no one in particular.

You remember it when you park or whenever another car gets a little too close in traffic, given the pricey consequences of a scratch or scrape.

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On this page you'll find 142 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to scrape, such as: corner, difficulty, dilemma, discomfiture, distress, and embarrassment.

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

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