scrape by

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scrape by

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From scrape + by.

verb scrapes by · scraping by · scraped by

intransitive 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.
Similar: scratch by

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Español	sobrevivir a duras penas, pervivir a malas penas

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@misc{scrape_by_2026,
  title = {scrape by},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scrape%20by},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}