scratch up
Upper Intermediate (B2) informal
To find or collect a small amount of something with a lot of effort, or to make scratch marks on a surface.
"Can you scratch up twenty dollars for the taxi? I'll pay you back tomorrow."
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codes stuff from scratch up all the time.
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Okay, I'm going to attempt to like scratch up the contact.
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They're like some you could scratch up, others you can't.
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Wherever they could scratch up and make a little money, they played.
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going to you don't want to like scratch up I mean you