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British pronunciation/skɹˈeɪp bˈaɪ/
American pronunciation/skɹˈeɪp bˈaɪ/
to scrape by
[phrase form: scrape]
01

to have just enough money or resources to survive, but not much more

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to scrape by definition and meaning
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to succeed at something with the least possible effort or skill

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The single mother with two jobs is barely scraping by.
Many students scrape by on part-time jobs to cover their education expenses.
They are scraping by on a tight budget until they find better employment.
The artist scraped by on occasional freelance work between projects.
The family had to scrape by on the little food they had during the power outage.
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