Verb: eke out
- Obtain with difficulty
"He eked out some information from the archives";
- squeeze out
- Make by laborious and precarious means
"He eked out a living as a painter";
- squeeze out
- Live from day to day, as with some hardship
"He eked out his years in great poverty"
- Supplement what is thought to be deficient
"He eked out his meagre pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal";
- fill out
Derived forms: eked out, eking out, ekes out
Type of: bring in, clear, earn, gain, live, make, obtain, pull in [informal], realise [Brit], realize, supplement, take in