squeak through
Just barely pass
To squeak through is to barely succeed or narrowly pass—achieving something with almost no margin to spare.
The image is of squeezing through a tight space: She squeaked through the exam with a 70.
The bill squeaked through Congress by a single vote.
The suggestion is that failure was close, and success came with difficulty or luck.
- barelyOnly just, almost not
- passMove beyond or decline
- scrape bySurvive with minimal resources
- hairsbreadthExtremely small distance
- clinchSettle beyond doubt
just barely · by a hair · eke out · succeed · narrowly · narrow escape · achieve · make the cut · just enough · nail-biter · edge · escape · survive · unlikely · photo finish · exam · hang on · interview
ease of achievement
squeak throughbreeze through
Accomplish with effortless ease
sail through · ace · nail it · have it easy
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