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Meanings of eke out in English

Catalan
fer arribar
Spanish
estirar

Supplement what is thought to be deficient.

        fer arribar
        Spanish
        extraer

        Obtain with difficulty.

              extraer
              Usage of eke out in English
              1
              Rather, we often eke out meaning based largely on context and expectations.
              Wired
              2
              I hold them-oroptions-onlylong enough to eke out a small profit.
              Quicksilver
              3
              In certain cases, education and enlightenment can serve to eke out evil.
              Les Misérables
              4
              Only the cruelest of weeds and thorns eke out a living now.
              Worldwinder
              5
              Many migrants eke out a living as street vendors or day laborers.
              Reuters
              6
              Others eke out a living by begging for alms on the streets.
              Reuters
              7
              Microbes might, however, be able to eke out an existence below the surface.
              BBC
              8
              And more focused management could eke out value by marketing drugs more aggressively.
              Reuters
              9
              There you may eke out an existence as best you may.
              World of warcraft: the shattering: prelude to cataclysm
              10
              Some were to eke out a life of widowhood in poverty.
              The Crisis — Volume 04
              11
              There are gaps in my own knowledge I want you to eke out.
              Recalled to Life
              12
              I might manage to eke out a subsistence in that way.
              Clemence / The Schoolmistress of Waveland
              13
              They eke out a living growing vegetables on the land around the shack.
              The Guardian
              14
              Does our friend eke out his modest income with a crossing?
              The Time Machine
              15
              We quickly learned that we couldn't eke out an existence in the jungle.
              Blood Brothers: A Medic's Sketch Book
              16
              Somehow, they managed to survive and eke out a living here.
              Sacrifice
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              Translations for eke out
              Eke out through the time
              Eke out across language varieties
              Ireland
              Common
              United States of America
              Common
              United Kingdom
              Less common