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Meanings of scrape along in inglés
Synonyms
Examples for "scrape by"
Examples for "scrape by"
1
The Bank of Mum and Dad often scrape by to fund it.
2
It is common for Haitians to scrape by with money from relatives abroad.
3
I made enough money to scrape by here and that's that.
4
Gabrielle's boyfriend was a low-expectation loser who was perfectly happy to scrape by.
5
With Gursewak's parents barred from working, the family has to scrape by on donations.
1
I'm a widow with twelve sons; and 'tis --hard to scratch along.
2
And if one of those two fail, how's the other to scratch along?
3
Stephenson was a healthy scratch along with D Taylor Chorney and C Paul Carey.
4
The flu didn't get me, but a little scratch along the leg almost did.
5
It had a long scratch along one side.
1
And despite all the wailing-guitar attitude, they only squeak by as atmospheric enhancement.
2
I subdued Fox's bark into a squeak by pulling his ears.
3
I don't know how I'd manage to squeak by without my salary from the shop.
4
An animal's habitat is defined by the range of environments that allow it to squeak by.
5
If we place twenty dogs a year, which is about what we average, we squeak by.
1
He tried his best to squeeze by it, but it was very difficult.
2
As the young men tried to squeeze by, the confederate looked up, annoyed.
3
Barely room to squeeze by this obstruction existed at the doorway.
4
Lauren stood so Nikki could squeeze by to get a view of the corpse.
5
Inside, people squeeze by each other on staircases and corridors.
1
How can you possibly know we could rub along well together?
2
Those within could hear his heavy body rub along the wall.
3
By doing this I can rub along for another ten days.
4
But I shall rub along somehow, and seven pounds a year's a consideration.
5
Perhaps that is why we seem to rub along so well,' he added awkwardly.
Usage of scrape along in inglés
1
Once or twice Reno thought he heard branches scrape along the hull.
2
There was seldom much over, but I managed to scrape along somehow.
3
Sometimes he knocked against a chair, making it scrape along the floor.
4
Sliding it to one side, Harry heard it scrape along the tiled floor.
5
And soon I felt my shoulders scrape along a gravel bank.
6
Madawc knocked his chair backward to scrape along the marble floor.
7
It was a knockout of course, but he thought he could scrape along.
8
They can always scrape along down there, but they can never do anything big.
9
But I'm pretty rugged yet, and I guess I can manage to scrape along.
10
This time his rump stuck up too far making his back scrape along the top.
11
Only to see the shaft scrape along the heavy scales and bounce to the sand.
12
While pale gardenia skin and heavy eyelids are the vogue, I manage to scrape along.
13
Then we heard a grappling-iron scrape along the ground.
14
I'd rather scrape along here, as best I can.
15
There's a big dented scrape along the driver's side.
16
I kicked hard, and felt the back of my head scrape along the bottom plates.
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