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Verb: scrape by
  1. Manage one's existence barely
    "I guess I can scrape by on this lousy salary";
    - scrape along, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by, rub along

Derived forms: scrapes by, scraped by, scraping by

Type of: contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, manage

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