SCRAPE (OUT) Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

scrape (out)

verb

Definition of scrape (out)

as in to eke out

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New Jersey was pushed by the struggling Dallas team, who nearly eked out a DreamBreaker win before NJ advanced.

— Todd Boss, Forbes.com, 15 June 2026
Filimon stood at the front of the crowd and asked what would happen to those trying to eke out a living digging for gold by hand.

— Claire Wilmot & Gisa Tunbridge, The Dial, 12 June 2026

Definition of eke out

Verb

To close deals, some US homebuilders are resorting to price cuts and mortgage rate buy downs to attract buyers, squeezing profit margins that are already compressed by high raw material, labor, and financing expenses.

— , CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026
Mounting losses, bankruptcies Besides the cost of raw materials, there are many other factors squeezing farmers.

— Chris Isidore, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of squeeze

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Fiona is survived by her father, Chad, her mother, Kim and her sisters, Mabel and Nixie.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
This, combined with the glacial pace of emissions reductions, gives the sense that key players are more interested in surviving what’s coming, rather than stopping it.

— Stephanie Walton, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of survive

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In the standard story, the United States, Britain, and France stood by, wringing their hands and straining for appeasement while the Japanese stampeded through Asia and Nazi Storm Troopers ran roughshod over Europe.

— Beverly Gage, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Rinse the cloth well with clean water, wring it out, and wipe the surface using gentle but firm pressure to remove greasy film.

— Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of wring

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Walking through it, which the work impels one to do, shows that the six sections of Shift afford a sequence of passages down into and across the terrain.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
That includes roughly half of Republicans, who are also broadly concerned about being able to afford groceries and gas.

— Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of afford

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In the tangled greenery of a Ugandan national park, mountain gorillas sit among the leaves, calmly carrying on as tourists trek into their forest home.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026
Still, Sheeran carried on with his tour over the weekend, addressing the controversy and expressing a middling stance on Israel’s war in Gaza.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of carry on

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Lawmakers are heading home at the end of the week to campaign nearly full-time, with less than 50 days to go before the elections that will determine control of Congress as Democrats try to wrest power from Republicans.

— Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 16 Sep. 2026
In 2023, the city tried to wrest away a big tournament from Cincinnati, only to have Cincinnati figure out a way to keep it at the last minute.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of wrest

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