scrape by (English, verb)
expansion: scrape by (third-person singular simple present scrapes by, present participle scraping by, simple past and past participle scraped by)
Senses:
glosses: To only afford the essentials; to barely sustain oneself.
tags: intransitive
Forms:
form: scrapes by
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: scraping by
tags: participle
present
form: scraped by
tags: participle
past
form: scraped by
tags: past