scrape through

British  

verb

1. (intr) to manage or survive with difficulty

2. to succeed in with difficulty or by a narrow margin

   he scraped through by one mark

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Example Sentences

No other film this year has such an eye for the day-to-day insanity of modern life, and as such, so much compassion for all of the people just trying to scrape through the day for the privilege of standing dead-eyed, hunched over the counter, eating a lovely dinner of cold pizza.

From Salon

I can feel the vibration of the scrape through my socks.

From Literature

Ian McEwan has shared his hopes for how humankind "will scrape through" amid ongoing climate change fears.

From BBC

"So I think human civilization has an element of that too, and we will scrape through."

From BBC

If the rain hadn't relented in Antigua for England to beat Namibia and scrape through the group by the skin of their teeth, this decision could have come a good few weeks ago.

From BBC