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eke out
eke out vb (tr, adverb) 1. to make (a supply) last, esp by frugal use: they eked out what little food was left. 2. to support (existence) with difficulty and effort3. to add to (something insufficient), esp with effort: to eke out an income with evening work. ThesaurusVerb | 1. | eke out - supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"fill outsupplement - add as a supplement to what seems insufficient; "supplement your diet" | | 2. | eke out - live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his years in great poverty"live - lead a certain kind of life; live in a certain style; "we had to live frugally after the war" | | 3. | eke out - make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter"squeeze outearn, realise, pull in, bring in, realize, gain, make, take in, clear - earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages; "How much do you make a month in your new job?"; "She earns a lot in her new job"; "this merger brought in lots of money"; "He clears $5,000 each month" | | 4. | eke out - obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives"squeeze outobtain - come into possession of; "How did you obtain the visa?" |
eke outverb be sparing with, stretch out, be economical with, economize on, husband, be frugal with I had to eke out my redundancy money for about ten weeks.eke out a living support yourself, survive, get by, make ends meet, scrimp, save, scrimp and save people trying to eke out a living in forest areasTranslationseke out
eke out1. To use something sparingly in an attempt to preserve it. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eke" and "out." Until somebody finds us shipwrecked here, we’ll have to eke out all the supplies we have.2. To obtain something through hard work or effort. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eke" and "out." In addition to my full-time job, I started doing some freelance work and can now eke out my rent payment.3. To manage to do something successfully immediately before a deadline or in the last remaining amount of time. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eke" and "out." Thanks to two goals in the third period, we were able to eke out a win.See also: outeke something outto extend something; to add to something. He worked at two jobs in order to eke his income out. He managed to eke out a living.See also: outeke out1. Supplement, make last, as in The survivors eked out their food and water until they were rescued. [Late 1500s] 2. 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] See also: outeke out Related to eke out: participating, disposed of, reminiscesSynonyms for eke outverb be sparing withSynonyms- be sparing with
- stretch out
- be economical with
- economize on
- husband
- be frugal with
phrase eke out a livingSynonyms- support yourself
- survive
- get by
- make ends meet
- scrimp
- save
- scrimp and save
Synonyms for eke outverb supplement what is thought to be deficientSynonymsRelated Wordsverb live from day to day, as with some hardshipRelated Wordsverb make by laborious and precarious meansSynonymsRelated Words- earn
- realise
- pull in
- bring in
- realize
- gain
- make
- take in
- clear
verb obtain with difficultySynonymsRelated Words |