单词 | eke out |
释义 | eke outSEE SYNONYMS FOR eke out ON THESAURUS.COM verb (tr, adverb)to make (a supply) last, esp by frugal usethey eked out what little food was left to support (existence) with difficulty and effort to add to (something insufficient), esp with effortto eke out an income with evening work Words nearby eke outeka-, Ekaterinburg, Ekaterinodar, Ekaterinoslav, eke, eke out, EKG, ekistic, ekistician, ekistics, Ekiti Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with eke outeke out Supplement, make last, as in The survivors eked out their food and water until they were rescued. [Late 1500s] Get with great difficulty or effort, as in The soil was terrible but they managed to eke out a living by rotating crops. [Early 1800s] The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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