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scratch along

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Verb1.scratch along - manage one's existence barely; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary"
rub along, scrape along, scrape by, squeak by, squeeze by
get by, grapple, make do, cope, manage, contend, deal, make out - come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"


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Ah, just wait till the carriage goes and the nice clothes and the servants, and we have to scratch along as we can.
An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context
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