Translations for „scrape together“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

scrape together, scrape up VB trans

scrape together

z trudem zbierać [perf u-]

we managed to scrape together/up £5 for a meal

z trudem uzbieraliśmy pięć funtów na jakiś posiłek

Usage examples with scrape together

we managed to scrape together/up £5 for a meal

z trudem uzbieraliśmy pięć funtów na jakiś posiłek

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

They have been forced to stay with friends and are trying to scrape together enough money for food.

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Her fantasy of herself is being dangled right in front of her eyes, if she can just scrape together enough money and enough luck.

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They performed at private functions and the two youths managed to scrape together enough money to live.

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The $550 payment helped some families scrape together enough money to bury loved ones.

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It is unrealistic and unlikely that the legislation will be repealed, considering that the government is trying to scrape together all the money they can.

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Many choose to be housed and have to scrape together food, rather than be homeless and eating.

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He hasn't been able to find full-time employment since, relying instead on temp agencies to scrape together work.

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They could barely scrape together enough money for her to catch any form of transport to school.

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Would we really scrape together billions for universities while we see this at schools?

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Austerity measures were already being introduced, but she was still working despite the recession and managed to scrape together the money to pay the bill.

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