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Rub along   /rəb əlˈɔŋ/   Listen
Rub along

verb
1.
Manage one's existence barely.  Synonyms: scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by.






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"Rub along" Quotes from Famous Books



... to watch the boats go by with a Condrillot at the helm, and the Rhone was swarming like a mighty beehive. The poet notes in sorrow that all is dead. The river flows on, broad and silent, and no vestige of all its past activity remains, but here and there a trace of the cables that used to rub along the stones. ...
— Frederic Mistral - Poet and Leader in Provence • Charles Alfred Downer

... then with swift compunction he kissed her face of disappointment. "Never mind, my queen! Don't you bother your little head about me! I shall rub along all right even if I don't ...
— The Bars of Iron • Ethel May Dell



Words linked to "Rub along" :   make out, deal, cope, grapple, make do, contend, manage, get by



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