VERB | possession | eke out, fill out | supplement what is thought to be deficient |
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stative | eke out | live from day to day, as with some hardship | |
possession | eke out, squeeze out | make by laborious and precarious means | |
possession | eke out, squeeze out | obtain with difficulty |
Meaning | supplement what is thought to be deficient. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | fill out | |
Broader | supplement | add as a supplement to what seems insufficient |
Spanish | complementar, estirar | |
Catalan | complementar, fer arribar |
Meaning | Live from day to day, as with some hardship. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Broader | live | Lead a certain kind of life |
Meaning | make by laborious and precarious means. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonym | squeeze out | |
Broader | gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in | earn on some commercial or business transaction |
Spanish | ganarse la vida |
Meaning | Obtain with difficulty. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Synonym | squeeze out | |
Broader | obtain | Come into possession of |
Spanish | extraer |
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