Sekirov Dictionary

scrape the bottom of the barrel

verb1

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(informal) To settle for a poor option due to a lack or unavailability of anything more favorable.
- They must really have been scraping the bottom of the barrel if they couldn't find a better design than that.

forms

scraped the bottom of the barrel · scraping the bottom of the barrel · scrapes the bottom of the barrel

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