scrape through
Britishverb
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(intr) to manage or survive with difficulty
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to succeed in with difficulty or by a narrow margin
he scraped through by one mark
Example Sentences
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From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 16, 2023
Some of Wall Street’s biggest names are throwing cold water on expectations that the U.S. economy will scrape through 2023 without a recession, even as hopes of easing inflation and resilient growth propel stocks higher.
From Reuters ● Jan. 25, 2023
Mild weather allowed the continent to scrape through last winter.
From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2022
"They've been in this position before in the past and they've always managed to scrape through," he said.
From BBC ● May 21, 2019
I can feel the vibration of the scrape through my socks.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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