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COME TO THE SCRATCH

Specialty Definition: COME TO THE SCRATCH

DomainDefinition

Literature

Come to the Scratch (See Scratch .). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: COME TO THE SCRATCH

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Contention

Join issue, come to blows, go to loggerheads, set to, come to the scratch, exchange shots, measure swords, meet hand to hand; take up the cudgels, take up the glove, take up the gauntlet; enter the lists; couch one's lance; give satisfaction; appeal to arms; (warfare).

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Expression: COME TO THE SCRATCH

Expression using "COME TO THE SCRATCH": To come to the scratch. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: COME TO THE SCRATCH

Language Translations for "COME TO THE SCRATCH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Hungarian

  

megüt a mértéket (to come to the scratch), kiállja a próbát (to come to scratch, to come to the scratch, to pass muster, to pass the test, to stand the proof, to wash). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

omecay otay ethay atchscray

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: COME TO THE SCRATCH

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-c-c-e-e-h-h-m-o-o-r-s-t-t-t"

-5 letters: heteroatoms, homestretch, tachometers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Expressions
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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