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Phrase(s): scrape by (with something)
Go to scrape by (on something)., Phrase(s): scrape by (something)
to manage just to get by something. • I scraped by the man standing at the gate and got into the theater without a ticket. • Mary scraped by the cart that was blocking the crowded hallway., Phrase(s): scrape by (on something) [and] scrape by (with something)
to manage just to get by with something. (Usually applies to a more specific period or time or a more specific event than scrape along (on something).) • There is not really enough money to live on, and we just have to scrape by on what we can earn. • We can’t scrape by with only that amount of money.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs