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scrape along
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb scrape along has 1 sense
- scrape along(v = verb.social) rub along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by - manage one's existence barely; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary" is one way to contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage
Sample sentence:
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THESAURUS
scrape along
clear, clear the hurdle, come along, come on, contrive, cope, cut the mustard, eke out, engineer, get along, get by, get on, go on, hack it, keep afloat, make ends meet, make it, make out, make the grade, manage, manage somehow, muddle through, negotiate, put over, put through, subsist, succeed in, survive, swing, swing the deal, worry along
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