Meanings
verbscratch a living (third-person singular simple present scratches a living, present participle scratching a living, simple past and past participle scratched a living)
present singular third person scratches a living · participle present scratching a living · participle past scratched a living · past scratched a living
- To earn barely enough money to live.
Synonyms: make do, get along, get by, scrape along, scrape by
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo earn barely enough money to live.
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