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Meanings of scrape by in English

Manage one's existence barely.

Usage of scrape by in English
1
The Bank of Mum and Dad often scrape by to fund it.
The Irish Times
2
It is common for Haitians to scrape by with money from relatives abroad.
Reuters
3
I made enough money to scrape by here and that's that.
The Irish Times
4
Gabrielle's boyfriend was a low-expectation loser who was perfectly happy to scrape by.
It Must Be Love
5
With Gursewak's parents barred from working, the family has to scrape by on donations.
Reuters
6
They scrape by on less than three dollars a day.
NS13 Zero Hour (2010)
7
Perhaps I may get myself into a scrape by this confidence, but no matter.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 13
8
You'll have to scrape by on what they give you.
Kafka on the Shore
9
Like usual, I barely scrape by compared with those two.
Shadowglass: the shadowfae chronicles
10
I had Anne drive up onto the sidewalk on the left side and scrape by.
Carrion comfort
11
You must get out of the scrape by yourself.
Four Short Stories By Emile Zola
12
The $11 weekly payments gave them enough to scrape by.
American-made: the enduring legacy of the wpa : when fdr put the...
13
But PetroAlgae did not get any of the ExxonMobil money -and continues to scrape by.
Reuters
14
They scrape by on firewood, which they collect in the area and sell to a broker.
The South African
15
You forget that I got out of that scrape by my own exertions, replied the other.
The Outdoor Chums After Big Game; Or, Perilous Adventures in the...
16
If I try to do it my way, I might help things scrape by on sheer luck.
James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing
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