NL888 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
scrap one's way back
scrapped his way back = fought his way back?
Context:
Though McCain's campaign was broke and in disarray last year, he returned to the underdog approach he used in 2000 and, town meeting by town meeting, scrapped his way back into contention.
Context:
Though McCain's campaign was broke and in disarray last year, he returned to the underdog approach he used in 2000 and, town meeting by town meeting, scrapped his way back into contention.
Top answer
Seems very feasible.
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A "scrap" is a disorderly, minor kind of fight. You wouldn't say two great armies clashed in a scrap, or that the heavyweight champion boxing match was a scrap. In this passage, "scrap" goes along with the idea of McCain slowly working his way back to the top "town meeting by town meeting"---a town meeting is a small affair where the candidate greets maybe a few dozen voters and answers their que
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