eke out

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eke out

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    v.

  • supplement what is thought to be deficient; fill out

    He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons

    Braque eked out his collages with charcoal

  • live from day to day, as with some hardship

    He eked out his years in great poverty

  • make by laborious and precarious means; squeeze out

    He eked out a living as a painter

  • obtain with difficulty; squeeze out

    He eked out some information from the archives

English Idioms Dictionary

earn with difficulty He was unable to eke out a living on the farm so he sold it.

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: fill out squeeze out