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to scrape by
[phrase form: scrape]
01
to have just enough money or resources to survive, but not much more
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
State verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
by
Base verb
scrape
Present tense
scrape by
3rd person singular
scrapes by
Present participle
scraping by
Past simple
scraped by
Past participle
scraped by
Examples
The single mother with two jobs is barely scraping by.
02
to succeed at something with the least possible effort or skill
Examples
He scraped by in the marathon, finishing just seconds before the cutoff time.
