scrape along

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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

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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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