September 7, 2011 By Angela Boothroyd
To scrape into (or scrape in) is to be accepted somewhere, or to achieve a position, but with a lot of difficulty or by a very small number of points or votes.
Examples of use:
1. The marathon runner beat his rival by one second, and scraped into first place.
2. Her exam results were disappointing and she only just scraped into university.
3. I didn’t work very hard at school, but I managed to pass some of my exams and scrape into college.
4. News headline: India scrape into World Cup final.
5. If we try hard, we might get enough points and scrape into the basketball semi-finals.
6. Voters are waiting to see which political party will scrape into power.
| infinitive |
scrape in / into |
| present simple |
scrape in / into or scrapes in / into |
| -ing form |
scraping in / into |
| past simple |
scraped in / into |
| past participle |
scraped in / into |
Can you use this phrasal verb in a sentence?
Do you know someone who scraped into college or university?
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