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[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

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[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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