scratching together
Gathering with difficulty
To scratch together is to assemble something with difficulty, usually money or resources, by gathering small amounts from various sources: We scratched together enough for rent.
The image suggests scraping up scattered bits—the way one might scratch coins from between sofa cushions.
Also scrape together.
- subsistingContinuing to exist
- scraping byBarely having enough
- eking outObtaining with difficulty
- collectingGathering items over time
- adaptingModifying to suit conditions
scavenging · bartering · salvaging · patching · cobbling · jury-rigging · foraging · hustling · repurposing · coping · accumulating · making do · getting by · making ends meet · inventing · scrounging · rationing · coming up short
scratching togetherrolling in it
Very rich indeed
abundance · wealth · affluence · surplus · prosperity
scratching togetherpiling up
Increasing in quantity
rolling in · amassing · hitting the jackpot · inheriting · stockpiling
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