scraping (by or through)

verb

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

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scraping (by or through)
  1. carrying on
  2. getting along
  3. getting on
  4. making out
Verb
  • Not just within your four walls or your own locations, but how much inventory is someone else carrying on your behalf?
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of carrying on
Verb
  • 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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  • And none of it seems close to being solved despite the 49ers getting on a plane to Australia in less than two weeks for the season opener against the Rams, who many expect to have Aaron Donald back from retirement.
    — Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The plaintiffs requested an injunction to block the referendum from even getting on the ballot, but Judge Walsh said their arguments did not meet the standards for an injunction and denied their request.
    — Joshua Ceballos, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of getting on
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  • People wear flannel and denim while making out in the storage room of the local watering hole.
    — Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The book has the teens making out the first night things went from friends to something more, but the show took it to another level with Bret and Debbie having sex on a lounge chair at a party.
    — Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of making out
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“Scraping (by or through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraping%20%28by%20or%20through%29. Accessed 24 Aug. 2026.

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