come to the scratch (English, verb)
expansion: come to the scratch (third-person singular simple present comes to the scratch, present participle coming to the scratch, simple past came to the scratch, past participle come to the scratch)
Senses:
glosses: To step up to the scratch or mark made in the ring to be toed by the combatants in beginning a contest.
glosses: To meet an antagonist or a difficulty bravely.
tags: colloquial
figuratively
Forms:
form: comes to the scratch
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: coming to the scratch
tags: participle
present
form: came to the scratch
tags: past
form: come to the scratch
tags: participle
past