scrape up

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scrape up - gather (money or other resources) together over time; "She had scraped together enough money for college"; "they scratched a meager living"

scrape, scratch, come up

nickel-and-dime - accumulate gradually; "she nickeled-and-dimed together a small house for her family"

collect, compile, accumulate, amass, roll up, hoard, pile up - get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

Translations

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vt sep (lit) → aufkratzen, zusammenkratzen; money → auftreiben (inf); support → organisieren

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