English verb: scratch along | |||
| 1. | scratch along (social) manage one's existence barely | ||
| Samples | I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary. | ||
| Synonyms | rub along, scrape along, scrape by, squeak by, squeeze by | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out, manage | ||