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TO COME TO THE SCRATCH

Definition: TO COME TO THE SCRATCH

TO COME TO THE SCRATCH

1. (a) (Prize Fighting) To step up to the scratch or mark made in the ring to be toed by the combatants in beginning a contest; hence: (b) To meet an antagonist or a difficulty bravely. [Colloq.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO COME TO THE SCRATCH

Specialty definitions using "TO COME TO THE SCRATCH": Come to the Scratch. (references)

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Modern Translation: TO COME TO THE SCRATCH

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

Hungarian

  

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

   

Pig Latin

  

otay omecay otay ethay atchscray

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Alternative Orthography: TO COME TO THE SCRATCH


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      43 4F 4D 45      54 4F      54 48 45      53 43 52 41 54 43 48

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001101 01000101 00100000 01010100 01001111 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01010011 01000011 01010010 01000001 01010100 01000011 01001000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#77 &#69 &#32 &#84 &#79 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#83 &#67 &#82 &#65 &#84 &#67 &#72

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0043 004F 004D 0045      0054 004F      0054 0048 0045      0053 0043 0052 0041 0054 0043 0048

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5449237494739254492544239253375235543742

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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