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Scratch the surface
verb
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Definitions
1.
verb
To barely begin; to see or do only a fraction of what is possible.
"This beginners' course only scratches the surface of the subject."
Synonyms
scrape through
scrape
scrape by
peek
scrape along
glimpse
crack
scratch by
rase
slip through
cut it close
smatter
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