SCRAPE (BY OR THROUGH) Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

scrape (by or through)

verb

Definition of scrape (by or through)

as in to carry on

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Back-to-School Monitor Deals LG 27-Inch Monitor LG monitors don't disappoint, and this 27-inch IPS display carries on that tradition.

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But his wife, Ruth, and his 10 children carried on his mission, helping to drill, blast, and push rock off the mountain.

— John Lauritsen, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of carry on

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Two former employees told Fortune that many people made out to the tune of $10 million through the buyouts, including those not in leadership positions.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2026
While Hubble can only make out stars in Andromeda that are brighter than our sun, these two surveys still gave Wainer and colleagues a compendium of 200 million stars, covering two-thirds of Andromeda's disk.

— Rahul Rao, Space.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of make out

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Chief Warrant Officer Michael Leathers says before getting on a boat check four things.

— Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Meta and OpenAI are the latest tech giants to get on board with Texas' new data center standards for energy consumption and water use to operate in the state.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of get on

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Both severe flooding and power outages plagued Hoboken late into the evening as drivers struggled to get by along Willow Street.

— Matthew Villafane, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
That free ticket, obtained by getting by hitting two of six numbers on a previous drawing, is now worth $6 million.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of get by

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Is this style choice primarily a form of self-expression, or is my teen trying to cope with deeper emotional distress?

— Liz Regalia, Parents, 10 Aug. 2026
Broadcasters of all sizes, especially local station owners, have been battling cord-cutting and coping with ongoing audience and advertiser shifts away from linear viewing.

— Dade Hayes, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026

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