scrape along

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour indiquer que quelqu'un survit difficilement ou arrive tout juste à joindre les deux bouts, souvent avec des ressources limitées.

A phrasal verb used to indicate managing to survive or get by with difficulty, often with limited resources.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Manage with difficultyinformalbritish

   To manage to survive or continue with limited resources or effort.

   s'en sortir difficilement

   • They scraped along on a small pension after retirement.
   • He scraped along in his job until he found something better.
   • The family scraped along through the tough economic times.

   Synonymescopeget bymake domanagescrape bysurvive

   Antonymesflourishprosperthrive

2. Move with frictioninformal

   To move while making a scraping sound, often due to contact with a surface.

   Se déplacer en raclant

   • The old car scraped along the gravel road.
   • She scraped along the wall as she walked through the narrow corridor.
   • The box scraped along the floor when they dragged it.

   Synonymesdraggraterasprubscrapescuffshuffle

Verbe de basescrape