scrape along
verb
scraped along; scraping along; scrapes along
: to live with barely enough money : to be able to buy only the things most needed
She's scraping along on just a few hundred dollars a month.
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“Scrape along.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrape%20along. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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