What does scrape along mean?

scrape along means "manage one's existence barely".

What is another word for scrape along?

Close synonyms include scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by, rub along. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is scrape along a common word?

scrape along is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

scrape along — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
manage one's existence barely
“I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary”
Synonymsscrape by scratch along squeak by squeeze by rub along
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