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单词 to toe the scratch
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to toe the scratch
a. Sport. A line or mark drawn as an indication of a boundary or starting-point; †in Cricket, a ‘crease’ (obsolete); in Pugilism, the line drawn across the ring, to which boxers are brought for an encounter. Hence in various phrases (often figurative), as to come up to (the) scratch, up to the required standard; to bring to the scratch, to toe the scratch, etc.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > starting or finishing mark > starting mark
score1513
starting place1570
goal1589
barrier1600
lists1601
starting post1631
scratch1772
starting line1812
mark1887
start line1908
gate1928
mobile1969
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricket ground > [noun] > crease
crease1752
popping crease1752
scratch1772
return crease1774
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > ring > line drawn across ring
scratch1830
the world > action or operation > ability > able, capable, or competent [phrase] > fit or competent
to come up to (the) scratch1843
up to snuff1906
1772 Noble Game of Cricket in Kentish Gaz. 22 Aug. 4/1 Ye strikers..Stand firm to your scratch, let your bat be upright.
1821 John Bull 7 Jan. 29/3 He started a few seconds before the time and came up in speed to the scratch at the moment appointed.
1830 T. De Quincey Life R. Bentley in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 655/2 No prudent champion, however game, would have chosen to offer himself to the scratch for a second round.
1843 C. Dickens Let. 17 June (1974) III. 513 Pray, as a Member of the Committee, come up to the Scratch.
1848 A. Brontë Tenant of Wildfell Hall II. xi. 202 Your uncle and aunt have long been wanting us to go there, you know; but somehow, there's such a repulsion between the good lady and me, that I never could bring myself up to the scratch.
1861 C. M. Yonge Young Step-mother xiii. 156 The Vicar..was meditating a fresh one [sc. attempt], if..he could bring his churchwarden up to the scratch.
1881 Sportsman's Year-bk. 37 [Pigeon shooting rules.] 21. In Shooting Matches..The shooter is bound in his turn to appear at the scratch within five minutes when called upon.
1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life I. 41 Some eight or ten toed the scratch, and I won very easily.
1911 G. B. Shaw Getting Married in Doctor's Dilemma 226 It's about the wedding... We cant get our man up to the scratch. Cecil has locked himself in his room and wont see or speak to any one.
1934 ‘G. Orwell’ Burmese Days ix. 142 If they won't come up to scratch you can always get hold of the ringleaders and give them a good bambooing on the Q.T.
1953 D. Garnett Golden Echo vi. 133 All Edward's friends were mobilised and came loyally up to scratch.
1960 C. Day Lewis Buried Day ii. viii. 164 Those of us who had pretensions to brain Maurice brought up to scratch by loosing on them the full force of his personality.
1978 Taxi 16 Feb. 11/4 (advt.) Cold weather can cause you a lot of problems if your cab's electrics aren't up to scratch.
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to toe a (also the) line (or mark, scratch, crack, trig)
2. To touch or reach with the toes; chiefly in to toe a (also the) line (or mark, scratch, crack, trig) (trig n.2), to stand with the tips of one's toes exactly touching a line; to stand in a row; hence figurative to present oneself in readiness for a race, contest, or undertaking; also, to conform, esp. to the defined standard or platform of a party. Also (U.S.) to toe up.
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the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > arrangement in (a) row(s) or line(s > form (a) row(s) or line(s [verb (intransitive)]
rank1582
range1697
to fall in (also into) line1747
line1790
to line up1796
to toe a (also the) line (or mark, scratch, crack, trig)1813
daisy-chain1968
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare or get ready [verb (intransitive)] > be prepared or ready > present oneself in readiness
to toe a (also the) line (or mark, scratch, crack, trig)1813
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > prepare [verb (transitive)] > be ready for
to toe a (also the) line (or mark, scratch, crack, trig)1854
to be loaded (for)1888
to cover all the bases1941
the world > action or operation > behaviour > a standard of conduct > direct one's conduct by a rule [verb (intransitive)] > conform
conform1393
to swim with or down the stream or the tide1592
symbolize1605
comply1655
to fall in (also into) line1837
to toe a (also the) line (or mark, scratch, crack, trig)1895
society > authority > subjection > obedience > obey or be obedient [verb (intransitive)] > conform to a standard
to toe a (also the) line (or mark, scratch, crack, trig)1895
1813 ‘H. Bull-Us’ Diverting Hist. John Bull & Brother Jonathan (ed. 2) xii. 62 He began to think it was high time to toe the mark.
1817 Deb. Congr. U.S. 30 Jan. (1854) 792 The necessity appeared..of toeing the trig, and standing there at all hazards.
1826 W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch-bk. (ed. 2) I. 271 The brigades of seamen embodied to act with our troops in America, as well as in the north coast of Spain, contrived to ‘ship a bagnet’ on a pinch, and to ‘toe’ (for that was the phrase) ‘a tolerable line’.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple I. ix. 119 He desired us to ‘toe a line’, which means to stand in a row.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxvii. 295 The chief mate..marked a line on the deck, brought the two boys up to it, making them ‘toe the mark’.
1854 ‘C. Bede’ Further Adventures Mr. Verdant Green (ed. 2) iv. 37 Toeing the scratch for business.
1862 A. Maclaren Milit. Syst. Gymnastic Exerc. 37 There should be..a permanent mark to ‘toe’ at starting.
1895 Westm. Gaz. 15 Jan. 8/1 The phrase ‘toeing the line’ is very much in favour with some Liberals.
1901 S. Merwin & H. K. Webster Calumet ‘K’ xii. 226 I'll give Brown one more warning..and then if he doesn't toe up, I'll get one and send him the bill.
1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 235/2 The player may ‘toe the trig’, but may not overstep it.
1910 Daily News 30 Mar. 7 To-day they had decided to toe the line with the progressive workers of the country.
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