scrape by

• Sich mit großer Mühe und oft nur mit minimalen Mitteln durchschlagen oder über Wasser halten.

A phrasal verb used to indicate managing to survive or get through a situation with difficulty, often with minimal resources.

unzählbar · intransitiv · Phrasal, ohne Objekt

1. Manage with difficultyinformal

   To manage to live or survive with very little money or resources.

   Sich gerade so über Wasser halten

   • They barely scrape by on his minimum wage job.
   • After losing her job, she had to scrape by on savings.
   • Many families in the area scrape by with limited income.

   Synonymecopeget bymanagesqueak bysurvive

2. Just barely succeedinformal

   To achieve something with great difficulty or by a very narrow margin.

   knapp durchkommen

   • He scraped by the exam with a score of 51%.
   • The team scraped by to win the match in the final seconds.
   • She scraped by the interview despite her nervousness.

   Synonymeeke outget bysqueak by

   Antonymedominatetrounce

Grundverbscrape