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1scratch the surface — phrasal : to make a beginning on a project, progress, a solution of a problem, a field of inquiry, or an investigation * * * scratch the surface see under ↑surface • • • Main Entry: ↑scratch scratch the surface To deal only superficially with an… …
2scratch the surface — {v. phr.} To learn or understand very little about something. Usually used with a limiting adverb (as only , hardly ). * /We thought we understood Africa but when we made a trip there we found we had only scratched the surface./ * /High school… …
3scratch the surface — {v. phr.} To learn or understand very little about something. Usually used with a limiting adverb (as only , hardly ). * /We thought we understood Africa but when we made a trip there we found we had only scratched the surface./ * /High school… …
4scratch\ the\ surface — v. phr. To learn or understand very little about something. Usually used with a limiting adverb (as only , hardly ). We thought we understood Africa but when we made a trip there we found we had only scratched the surface. High school students… …
5scratch the surface — if you scratch the surface of a subject or a problem, you only discover or deal with a very small part of it. Up to now newspaper articles have only scratched the surface of this tremendously complex issue. (usually + of) …
6scratch the surface — barely begin, uncover only a few facts His first lecture on Stravinsky only scratched the surface. He told us the basic facts about the composer …
7scratch the surface — make only a beginning to do or accomplish something They have been gathering information about the planned merger but they have only scratched the surface of what is available …
8scratch the surface — to deal with only the simple or obvious parts of something We had only really scratched the surface of this fascinating country …
9scratch the surface (of something) — scratch the ˈsurface (of sth) idiom to deal with, understand, or find out about only a small part of a subject or problem • We left feeling that we had just scratched the surface of this fascinating country. Main entry: ↑scratchidiom …
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