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Definition of
scrape by phrasal verb
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
scrape by
phrasal verb
phrasal verb
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Phrasal Verbs
scrape by (on something)
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to manage to live on the money you have, but with difficulty
I can just scrape by on what my parents give me.
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scrape by
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Nearby words
scrape
verb
scrape
noun
scrape by
phrasal verb
scrape in
phrasal verb
scrape out
phrasal verb