Definition of "scrape up" []

• To collect together by scraping (verb)
• To gather together something needed (especially money) (verb)

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• "The drone of an outboard motor reverberated through a flooded woods outside, then they heard the aluminum bottom of a boat scrape up on land, and a moment later Legion Guidry came through the front door, a cage trap dripping with bluepoint crabs suspended from his fist."
• "It was hard for me to scrape up enthusiasm for anything on a Monday, but Mrs. Cahill never lacked any."
• "Helplessly, unable to move, she saw him scrape up something from the ground ... her purse, then the umbrella."