scrape in

British  

verb

1. Also: scrape into.  (intr, adverb) to succeed in entering with difficulty or by a narrow margin

   he only just scraped into university

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Example Sentences

But it’s her songwriting talent and the soulful scrape in her voice — not to mention the clever way she toys with the presentation of gender — that distinguish her now that she’s arrived.

From Los Angeles Times

Machines dig and scrape in the depths, and an excavator with a long telescopic arm reaches down from the surface to remove the earth.

From BBC

He soon finds a horseshoe-shaped scrape in the sandy soil.

From Washington Post

The nominee must face a parliamentary vote, but assuming the parliamentary maths remains the same as at a confidence vote for Lofven in July, they would scrape in.

From Reuters

The organism enters the body through a cut or scrape in the skin.

From New York Times