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    SCRAPE ALONG

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Manage one's existence barelyplay

    Example:

    I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary

    Synonyms:

    rub along; scrape along; scrape by; scratch along; squeak by; squeeze by

    Classified under:

    Verbs of political and social activities and events

    Hypernyms (to "scrape along" is one way to...):

    contend; cope; deal; get by; grapple; make do; make out; manage (succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available)

    Sentence frame:

    Somebody ----s

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