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scrape
noun as in bad or embarrassing situation
verb as in scratch, remove outer layer
Example Sentences
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.
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.
To scrape by, he has turned to selling off his possessions on an internet auction site and accepting a loan from a friend.
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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