scrape along

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scrape along (on something) and scrape along (with something)

to manage just to get along with a minimum amount of something. We can just scrape along on the money I earn from my sewing. Do you think you can scrape along with just $400 per month?

See also: along, scrape

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Sometimes he knocked against a chair, making it scrape along the floor. Winesberg, Ohio by Anderson, Sherwood View in context There was seldom much over, but I managed to scrape along somehow. A Study In Scarlet by Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan View in context Sometimes a tuft of high grass washed along his sides as a wave washes along the sides of a ship, and sometimes a cluster of wild-pepper vines would scrape along his back, or a bamboo would creak where his shoulder touched it. The Jungle Book by Kipling, Rudyard View in context			scoot down scoot over scoot over to scope scope out score score against score for score points score with scorn scot scour scour for scour off scour out scour out of scout scout around scout out scout up scowl at scramble for scrap scrape scrape along scrape away scrape by scrape off scrape out scrape out of scrape the barrel scrape the bottom of the barrel scrape through scrape together scratch scratch about scratch at scratch away scratch back scratch from scratch head scratch out scratch the surface scratch up scream scream at scream bloody murder scream blue murder scream down scream for			scrap metals scrap metals scrap metals scrap mica Scrap of Paper Scrap paper Scrap Recycle Plant Scrap Tire Disposal Account Scrap Tire Management Council scrap value Scrap Values Scrap yard Scrap yard Scrap yard Scrap Your Boilerplate Scrap, Repair and Rework scrapbook scrapbook Scrapbook Design University Scrapbooking Scrapbooking scrapbooks scrapbooks Scrapbooks from the Heart scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape scrape along scrape away scrape away scrape back scrape back scrape back scrape back scrape by scrape by scrape by scrape by scrape by scrape in Scrape Loading and Dye Transfer Assay scrape off scrape off scrape out scrape out scrape out of scrape the barrel scrape the barrel scrape the barrel scrape the barrel scrape the barrel scrape the bottom of the barrel scrape the bottom of the barrel scrape the bottom of the barrel scrape the bottom of the barrel scrape the bottom of the barrel scrape through scrape through

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