EKE OUT

• (verb) obtain with difficulty

  "He eked out some information from the archives"

  synonyms : squeeze out

• (verb) make by laborious and precarious means

  "He eked out a living as a painter"

  synonyms : squeeze out

• (verb) supplement what is thought to be deficient

  "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons", "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"

  synonyms : fill out

• (verb) live from day to day, as with some hardship

  "He eked out his years in great poverty"

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