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Scrape by

verb

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

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"Scrape by" Quotes from Famous Books

... stretch out a hand to help her. Now Clara knew that it was wrong to read those books, just as well as you or I; indeed, it was all her doing; and I could not bear to see, her thinking herself innocent, and led into the scrape by Miss Morley. She did cry excessively, and was very unhappy when she found Miss Morley was really going, and the parting was heart-rending; but then the very next day, in spite of their confidential friendship, she began to disclose the poor woman's follies one after another, till ...

— The Two Guardians • Charlotte Mary Yonge

... have gotten myself into a worse scrape by calling the rest of the gang," he muttered, noting that he was being surrounded as some of the first comers pointed him out ...

— The Circus Boys In Dixie Land • Edgar B. P. Darlington

Words linked to "Scrape by" : get by, make do, scratch along, make out, manage, rub along, cope, squeak by, squeeze by, grapple, scrape along, deal, contend