scrape through
To barely succeed or accomplish something by reaching a minimal or base level of acceptability. A: "Did you pass the test?" B: "Yeah, I managed to scrape through, but I was hoping to do better." Surprising many, the reigning champion only managed to scrape through the qualifying round.
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scrape through
(something) 1. Lit. to move through something, scraping or rubbing the sides. The car, going at a very high speed, scraped through the tunnel. It just managed to scrape through.
2. Fig. to get by something just barely; to pass a test just barely. Alice passed the test, but she just scraped through it. I just scraped through my calculus test.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
scrape through
v. To succeed just barely in getting through something: I didn't get a chance to study, and I barely scraped through the final exam.
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