eke out

eke out

vb (tr, adverb)

1. to make (a supply) last, esp by frugal use they eked out what little food was left

2. to support (existence) with difficulty and effort

3. to add to (something insufficient), esp with effort to eke out an income with evening work

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	eke out - supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal" fill out supplement - add as a supplement to what seems insufficient; "supplement your diet"
	2.	eke out - live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his years in great poverty" live - lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war"
	3.	eke out - make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter" squeeze out earn, realise, pull in, bring in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear - earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month"
	4.	eke out - obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives" squeeze out obtain - come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?"

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eke out

verb be sparing with, stretch out, be economical with, economize on, husband, be frugal with I had to eke out my redundancy money for about ten weeks.

eke out a living support yourself, survive, get by, make ends meet, scrimp, save, scrimp and save people trying to eke out a living in forest areas

Translations

eke out

vt sep food, supplies → strecken, verlängern; money, income → aufbessern; to eke out a living → sich (recht und schlecht) durchschlagen