scrape through
Narrowly avoid failure
To scrape through is to barely succeed or survive something difficult—passing an exam by the narrowest margin, getting through a tight space, or managing to pay bills with almost nothing to spare.
The image is of squeezing past an obstacle with little room to spare: I scraped through the final with a D-minus.
We scraped through the month on rice and beans.
- get bySurvive with minimal resources
- make itAchieve success
- scratch bySurvive with minimal resources
- get alongMaintain friendly relations
- barelyOnly just, almost not
just barely · narrowly · skin of teeth · cope · scarcely · muddle · close call · close shave · tight squeeze · survive · hardly · just · manage · eke out · make ends meet · pass · skate by · persevere