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• get into a scrape — find oneself in a difficult predicament …   English contemporary dictionary

• scrape — I n. awkward predicament fight to get into a scrape II v. 1) (D; tr.) to scrape off (to scrape paint off furniture) 2) (D; intr.) to scrape through ( to manage to get through ) (to scrape through a crisis) 3) (N; used with an adjective) (she… …   Combinatory dictionary

• scrape — scrape1 [skreıp] v [Date: 1300 1400; : Old Norse; Origin: skrapa] 1.) [T] to remove something from a surface using the edge of a knife, a stick etc ▪ Scrape the carrots and slice them thinly. scrape sth away/off ▪ The earth was scraped away to… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• get on — Synonyms and related words: achieve success, advance, age, arrive, assume, back, be a success, be getting along, be so, be such, bestraddle, bestride, board, break through, buzz off, change, cheat the undertaker, clear, clear the hurdle, climb on …   Moby Thesaurus

• scrape in — ˌscrape ˈin [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they scrape in he/she/it scrapes in present participle scraping in past tense …   Useful english dictionary

• scrape into something — ˌscrape ˈin | ˌscrape ˈinto sth derived to manage to get a job, a position, a place at college, etc, but with difficulty • He scraped in with 180 votes. • Our team just scraped into the semi finals. Main entry: ↑scrapederived …   Useful english dictionary

• Scrape — Scrape, n. 1. The act of scraping; also, the effect of scraping, as a scratch, or a harsh sound; as, a noisy scrape on the floor; a scrape of a pen. [1913 Webster] 2. A drawing back of the right foot when bowing; also, a bow made with that… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• scrape — 1 verb 1 (T) to remove something from a surface, using the edge of a knife, stick etc: Scrape the carrots and slice them thinly. | scrape sth away/off etc: I tried to scrape some of the mud off my boots. | We scraped away several layers of old… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• get in — Synonyms and related words: accomplish, accumulate, achieve, admit, agglomerate, aggregate, aggroup, amass, approach, arrive, arrive at, arrive in, assemble, attain, attain to, back, barge in, batch, be admitted, be received, bestraddle, bestride …   Moby Thesaurus

• Difficulty — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Difficulty >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 difficulty difficulty Sgm: N 1 hardness hardness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 impracticability impracticability &c.(impossibility) 471 Sgm: N 1 tough work tough work hard work uphil …   English dictionary for students

• Failure — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Failure >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 failure failure Sgm: N 1 nonsuccess nonsuccess nonfulfillment Sgm: N 1 dead failure dead failure successlessness Sgm: N 1 abortion abortion miscarriage Sgm: N 1 b …   English dictionary for students