scrape by

Verb

Meaning

manage one's existence barely

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

rub along scrape along squeak by scratch along squeeze by live move exist deal survive depend manage cope fare contend

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Antonyms

mar muff bungle ruin wreck misconduct

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Hypernyms

deal manage cope contend grapple make do

Examples

England has the most sordid literary scene I've ever seen. They all meet in the same pub. This guy's writing a foreword for this person. They all have to give radio programs, they have to do all this just to scrape by. They're all scratching each other's backs. William S. Burroughs

You can't make a living as a playwright. You can barely scrape by. Sam Shepard

I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

scrape along scrape and bow scrape away scrape off scrape out scrape someone off the ceiling