scrape by

Meaning

1. scrape by (on sth)

   to manage to live on the money you have, but with difficulty

   I can just scrape by on what my parents give me.

In the movies · 58

• You'll scrape through.Oppenheimer2023
• who was always getting into scrapes.The Lion King2019
• Now, scrape it off! Start over again.Cars2006
• Scrape some of that snow off the windshield!A Simple Plan1998
• See if they can scrape anything up.The Boys in the Boat2023
• I m with Eret chair scrapesHow to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World2019
• ... shooting your way out of that scrape.Unforgiven1992

Learn it in full scenes

• Oppenheimer2023
  • Bohr Sends Oppenheimer to Göttingen
  • Strauss Offers Oppenheimer a Job
  • Rabi Meets Oppenheimer on a Train

From the same entry

• scrape the barrel
• bow and scrape
• scrape in
• scrape out
• scrape through
• scrape together