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Scrape by Moderate

Scrape by has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

manage one's existence barely

"I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary"

2

To only afford the essentials; to barely sustain oneself.

See Also
hand to mouth afford
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
cope
Rhyming Words
go by fly by lay by put by sit by set by get by run by zip by gone by come by give by hang by made by hard by good by slip by drop by stop by near by
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