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scare up

[scare up] or [scrape up] {v.}, {informal} To find, collect, or get together with some effort when needed. * /The boy scared up enough money to go to college./ * […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

scrape together

[scrape together] {v. phr.} To quickly assemble, usually from scanty ingredients. * /We were so hungry we had to scrape together some lunch from all kinds of frozen leftovers./ A Dictionary of American Idioms

scrape the bottom of the barrel

[scrape the bottom of the barrel] {v. phr.}, {informal} To use or take whatever is left after the most or the best has been taken; accept the leftovers. * /At […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

bow and scrape

[bow and scrape] {v.} To be too polite or obedient from fear or hope of gain; act like a slave. * /The old servant bowed and scraped before them, too […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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