scrapes by

A form of scrape by — To only afford the essentials; to barely sustain oneself.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

verb
  1. indicativepresentsingularthird personthird-person singular simple present indicative of scrape by
Cite this entry
APA

scrapes by. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapes%20by

MLA

“scrapes by.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapes%20by. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scrapes by,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scrapes%20by.

Source: scrapes by on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.