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scratch the surface

[scratch the surface] {v. phr.} To learn or understand very little about something. - Usually used with a limiting adverb (as "only", "hardly"). * /We thought we understood Africa but […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

skim the surface

[skim the surface] {v. phr.} To do something very superficially. * /He seems knowledgeable in many different areas but his familiarity is very superficial, since he only skims the surface […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

masking tape

[masking tape] {n.} A paper tape that is stuck around the edges of a surface being painted to keep the paint off the surface next to it. * /The painters […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

tear up

[tear up] {v.} 1. To dig a hole in; remove the surface of; remove from the surface. * /The city tore up the street to lay a new water pipe./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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