scrape through
phrasal verb
scraped through; scraping through; scrapes through
: to succeed at doing something but just barely
He didn't study for the exam and just scraped through.
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Santi Cazorla’s Real Oviedo scraped through the promotion play-off, overcoming Mirandes 3-2 on aggregate, to return to La Liga for the first time in twenty-four years.
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Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
While England have been fortunate at times in Switzerland to scrape through to the next stage (including last-gasp goals to secure extra time in both knockout matches), this isn’t a terribly new phenomenon for England.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 July 2025
But since early 2024, AI companies have dramatically increased automated scraping through direct crawling, APIs, and bulk downloads to feed their hungry AI models.
—ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2025
In recent years, Norwich City (2007) and Stoke City (who scraped through, 5-4 on penalties, in 2006) have tackled Tamworth on their own soil.
—Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Pulling up floorboards and scraping through old wallpaper is like the interior design world’s equivalent of an archaeological dig.
—Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2024
After months of systematic intimidation, ZANU-PF scraped through with a narrow victory.
—Martin Meredith, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
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Vitas Carosella, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
While England have been fortunate at times in Switzerland to scrape through to the next stage (including last-gasp goals to secure extra time in both knockout matches), this isn’t a terribly new phenomenon for England.
—Megan Feringa, New York Times, 27 July 2025
But since early 2024, AI companies have dramatically increased automated scraping through direct crawling, APIs, and bulk downloads to feed their hungry AI models.
—ArsTechnica, 2 Apr. 2025
In recent years, Norwich City (2007) and Stoke City (who scraped through, 5-4 on penalties, in 2006) have tackled Tamworth on their own soil.
—Rob Tanner, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
Pulling up floorboards and scraping through old wallpaper is like the interior design world’s equivalent of an archaeological dig.
—Amelia Mularz, Architectural Digest, 19 Sep. 2024
After months of systematic intimidation, ZANU-PF scraped through with a narrow victory.
—Martin Meredith, Foreign Affairs, 13 Feb. 2018
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“Scrape through.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scrape%20through. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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