scrape through

verb

To marginally manage to progress.

“The pass mark for the exam was 40%, and I scraped through with 43%.”

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Meanings

verbscrape through (third-person singular simple present scrapes through, present participle scraping through, simple past and past participle scraped through)

present singular third person scrapes through · participle present scraping through · participle past scraped through · past scraped through

  1. idiomaticTo marginally manage to progress.

    The pass mark for the exam was 40%, and I scraped through with 43%.

Translations

Russian проскребаться, проскрестись
  • проскребаться (proskrebatʹsja)marginally manage to progress
  • проскрестись (proskrestisʹ)marginally manage to progress
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APA

scrape through. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrape%20through

MLA

“scrape through.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrape%20through. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrape through,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrape%20through.

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