Synonyms for scrape by

Most common

scratch a living · rub along · scrape along · muddle through · scratch by · scrimp

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Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To only afford the essentials; to barely sustain oneself.

   Everyone in her family had to get a second job just so they could scrape by.

Example sentences

• scrimp The group had to scrimp, connive, and hustle in order to get by.

By length

6 letters

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