English-German translations for scrape by

• über die Runden kommen

Definition of scrape by

• To only afford the essentials; to barely sustain oneself

Examples

• Everyone in her family had to get a second job just so they could scrape by

Related words

• scrape
• skyscraper
• scraper
• scrapers
• scraperboard
• unscraped
• scrapeable
• footscraper
• scrape the bottom of the barrel
• scrape through