scratch along

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

verb

manage one's existence barely
- I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary
• Syn:
scrape along, scrape by, squeak by, squeeze by, rub along
• Hypernyms:
cope, get by, make out, make do, contend,
grapple, deal, manage
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s