scrape a living
UKDefinition
› to only just earn enough money to provide yourself with food, clothing, and a place to live: He settled in Paris, where he scraped a living writing short stories and magazine articles.Coping and not copingDealing with things or peopleTolerating and enduringEarning money and money earnedPoverty and poor
(Definition of scrape a living from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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