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What does the "scratch" mean in this scene?

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Rebecca

In this sentence, "scratch" means from the very beginning. The phrase "from scratch" is commonly used to mean from the very beginning, without any previous work or assistance. Ex: She cooked this meal completely from scratch. Ex: He started his company from scratch. And now it's one of the biggest in the world.

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