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Meanings of scrape by in inglés

Manage one's existence barely.

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        Examples for "scrape along"
        Examples for "scrape along"
        1
        Once or twice Reno thought he heard branches scrape along the hull.
        Go home, stranger
        2
        There was seldom much over, but I managed to scrape along somehow.
        Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
        3
        Sometimes he knocked against a chair, making it scrape along the floor.
        Winesburg, Ohio: A Group of Tales of Ohio Small Town Life
        4
        Sliding it to one side, Harry heard it scrape along the tiled floor.
        Blood harvest
        5
        And soon I felt my shoulders scrape along a gravel bank.
        Foxglove Summer
        1
        I'm a widow with twelve sons; and 'tis --hard to scratch along.
        Roughing It in the Bush
        2
        And if one of those two fail, how's the other to scratch along?
        The Rules of the Game
        3
        Stephenson was a healthy scratch along with D Taylor Chorney and C Paul Carey.
        Reuters
        4
        The flu didn't get me, but a little scratch along the leg almost did.
        The stand
        5
        It had a long scratch along one side.
        Anansi Boys
        1
        And despite all the wailing-guitar attitude, they only squeak by as atmospheric enhancement.
        Reuters
        2
        I subdued Fox's bark into a squeak by pulling his ears.
        The Parisians — Complete
        3
        I don't know how I'd manage to squeak by without my salary from the shop.
        Murder and salutations
        4
        An animal's habitat is defined by the range of environments that allow it to squeak by.
        Disciple of the dog
        5
        If we place twenty dogs a year, which is about what we average, we squeak by.
        The story of edgar sawtelle
        1
        He tried his best to squeeze by it, but it was very difficult.
        Five on a treasure island
        2
        As the young men tried to squeeze by, the confederate looked up, annoyed.
        Outliers: the story of success
        3
        Barely room to squeeze by this obstruction existed at the doorway.
        The Story of Ab: A Tale of the Time of the Cave Man
        4
        Lauren stood so Nikki could squeeze by to get a view of the corpse.
        Frozen Heat
        5
        Inside, people squeeze by each other on staircases and corridors.
        The Irish Times
        1
        How can you possibly know we could rub along well together?
        In for a penny
        2
        Those within could hear his heavy body rub along the wall.
        The Eagle of the Empire: A Story of Waterloo
        3
        By doing this I can rub along for another ten days.
        Ballads of a Bohemian
        4
        But I shall rub along somehow, and seven pounds a year's a consideration.
        A Pair of Clogs
        5
        Perhaps that is why we seem to rub along so well,' he added awkwardly.
        Sovereign
        Usage of scrape by in inglés
        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...
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        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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