SCRAPE (SOMETHING) TOGETHER/UP


Meaning of SCRAPE (SOMETHING) TOGETHER/UP in English

scrape something ↔ together/up phrasal verb ( see also ↑ scrape )

to get enough money for a particular purpose, when this is difficult:

She scraped together the last of her savings.

They could hardly scrape up enough money for the train fare.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.