scraping (by or through)

verb

present participle of scrape (by or through)
as in carrying on

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  1. carrying on
  2. getting along
  3. getting on
  4. making out
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  • Twain and Marie-Anne became close friends, and Twain was shocked to learn that Marie-Anne and Lange had been allegedly carrying on an extramarital affair—losing both her husband and her best friend in one fell swoop.
    — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 31 July 2026
  • Love, who will turn 28 in November, has done his part in carrying on the tremendous quarterback tradition in Green Bay.
    — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of carrying on
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  • Everyone seems to be getting along except for Andriy and Bobby, who are already butting heads with Jude caught in the middle.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 24 July 2026
  • But not everyone was getting along as well as the host would have hoped.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
Definition of getting along
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  • Larkin spent days in the hospital receiving supportive care before finally getting on the road to recovery.
    — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 31 July 2026
  • Arraez has 23 doubles, seven triples, and is relentless in getting on base as a three-time batting champion.
    — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of getting on
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  • On July 1, Rodriguez and Hayden were spotted making out at Fanatics CEO Michael Rubin’s White Party, one month after his split from Jaclyn Cordeiro.
    — Natasha Dye, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
  • Not the family stuff, like Natalie’s spontaneous nipple piercing after making out with Cady’s maybe-daughter, Nevaeh (Malia Pyles), who later murders her own mother after kissing her, for way too long, on the mouth.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of making out
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