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scrape by
verb as in manage
verb as in subsist
Example Sentences
Too many Americans are barely scraping by to afford rent, and far too few can afford to buy a home, he said.
He was averaging only a few points per game at Loyola Chicago, barely scraping by in the Ramblers’ rotation while also struggling with his mental health.
That's because, in America today, even when the economy soars, the middle class barely scrapes by.
Tired of scraping by in a provincial backwater, she is desperate for them to realize her unfulfilled dreams of stardom.
I grew up in a working-class town surrounded by adults scraping by week to week and striving to lift themselves into the middle class.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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