rub along

British  

verb

1. to continue in spite of difficulties

2. to maintain an amicable relationship; not quarrel

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Example Sentences

Where all the different elements of cricket should be able to rub along together for the betterment of each other, we have somehow landed in a civil war, almost exclusively fuelled by the game's administrators.

From BBC

But they have a high respect for each other's ability and they rub along well enough on a superficial level when they end up in the same vicinity, it seems.

From BBC

A pencil was rubbed along the ball of the patient’s foot.

From Los Angeles Times

“It’s like a cowlick,” she says, her hand rubbing along it.

From Washington Post

Then I noticed that it only happened when the cuff of my flannel pajamas rubbed along the cotton sheets.

From Washington Post