Usually means: Barely begin to explore topic.
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  1. scratch the surface: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. scratch the surface: Merriam-Webster
  3. scratch the surface: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. scratch the surface: Wiktionary
  5. scratch the surface: Dictionary.com
  6. Scratch The Surface, Scratch the Surface: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. scratch the surface: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scratch the surface: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (scratch the surface)

verb:  (idiomatic) To barely begin; to see or do only a fraction of what is possible.

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