If you scratch around for a more reliable used car, maybe you'll feel more confident on the road.
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scratch around for — ˌscratch a ˈround for [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they scratch around for he/she/it scratches around for present participle scratching around for past tense scratched around for … Useful english dictionary
scratch around for — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms scratch around for : present tense I/you/we/they scratch around for he/she/it scratches around for present participle scratching around for past tense scratched around for past participle scratched around for… … English dictionary
scratch around for — {v. phr.} To search randomly for something. * /If you scratch around for a more reliable used car, maybe you ll feel more confident on the road./ … Dictionary of American idioms
scratch around for — {v. phr.} To search randomly for something. * /If you scratch around for a more reliable used car, maybe you ll feel more confident on the road./ … Dictionary of American idioms
scratch around (for something) — ˌscratch aˈbout/aˈround (for sth) derived to search for sth, especially with difficulty Main entry: ↑scratchderived … Useful english dictionary
scratch — scratch1 [skrætʃ] v ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(rub your skin)¦ 2¦(cut somebody s skin)¦ 3¦(make a mark)¦ 4¦(animals)¦ 5¦(remove something)¦ 6¦(remove writing)¦ 7¦(make a noise)¦ 8 scratch the surface 9 scratch your head 10¦(stop something happening)¦ … Dictionary of contemporary English
scratch — scratch1 [ skrætʃ ] verb * ▸ 1 rub with your nails ▸ 2 damage surface ▸ 3 produce noise ▸ 4 remove someone/something ▸ 5 decide not to do something ▸ 6 write something quickly ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) intransitive or transitive to pull your nails along… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
scratch — I UK [skrætʃ] / US verb Word forms scratch : present tense I/you/we/they scratch he/she/it scratches present participle scratching past tense scratched past participle scratched * 1) [intransitive/transitive] to pull your nails along your skin,… … English dictionary
scratch — verb 1》 score or mark with a sharp or pointed object. ↘make a long, narrow superficial wound in the skin of. ↘rub (a part of one s body) with one s fingernails to relieve itching. ↘(of a bird or mammal) rake the ground with the beak… … English new terms dictionary
Scratch Video — was a British video art movement that emerged in the early mid 1980s. It was characterised by the use of found footage, fast cutting and multi layered rhythms. It is significant in that, as a form of outsider art, it challenged many of the… … Wikipedia
