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eke sth out
eke sth out — phrasal verb with eke /iːk/ verb ↑Verb Endings for eke out
► F0 to use something slowly or carefully because you only have a small amount of it: » There wasn't much food left, but we just managed to eke it out.» He managed to eke out a living (= earn just enough to live on) one summer by selling drinks on a beach.Thesaurus+: ↑Coping and not coping , ↑Dealing with things or people , ↑Tolerating and enduring |