scrape along

phrasal verb

scraped along; scraping along; scrapes along

: to live with barely enough money : to be able to buy only the things most needed

She's scraping along on just a few hundred dollars a month.

Examples of scrape along in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

This zester is used more like a peeler, scraping along the surface of the citrus or other food items and removing strips of zest. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025

Jellyfish scrape along the sea floor like spindly mushroom clouds of portent, stinging Sofia who masochistically (and in a way that carries over to her actual human relationships) keeps going back for another dip. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 14 Feb. 2025

When the two ships collided, the bow of YM Serenity scraped along the side of HL Eco and smashed through one of its huge liquid gas fuel tanks mounted at the rear of the vessel. —Owen Bellwood / Jalopnik, Quartz, 1 Aug. 2024

The final look epitomised this, with a garment made from 350 sourced, cleaned, sanded, drilled, linked, and draped oyster shells and slowly shuffled down the runway, with the sound of shells clattering together and scraping along the concrete runway. —Angela Law, refinery29.com, 15 May 2024

The powerful storm came within a few miles of landfall as the storm’s ring of destructive winds scraped along the southern portion of the island. —Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 4 July 2024

The members scraped along rock-bottom, but the most telling moment may have been this exchange between Rep. Morgan Griffith (R-Va.) and Daszak. —Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2024

The bus hit a semi and scraped along 75 feet of guardrail before rolling over on its side, police said. —Staff Report, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2023

Rhymes for scrape along

• agung
• belong
• birdsong
• furlong
• headlong
• headstrong
• lifelong
• plainsong
• prolong
• sarong
• tanjong
• weeklong