the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > in distress, etc. (3)
quasi-trans. to scamble out: to get through (a period of time) in a haphazard way. Obsolete.
With forth. To pass or spend (time) in pain or distress. Obsolete. rare.
To struggle through (a period of time) in discourse, etc. Obsolete.