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scrape

verb as in scratch, remove outer layer

verb as in be very frugal

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The win completed a fairytale postseason campaign for Gotham, who only scraped into the playoffs as the eighth seeds while Washington had been ranked second.

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I used blood orange and lemon, scraping their zest and squeezing their juice into the batter, which is enriched with more than a half-cup of olive oil.

With Kirk Cousins at quarterback and no Drake London, Atlanta is scraping by.

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To scrape by, he has turned to selling off his possessions on an internet auction site and accepting a loan from a friend.

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The Koreans scraped the victory on Tuesday to round off a year that saw them qualify for an 11th straight World Cup but fail to sparkle on the pitch.

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

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