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Overview of verb eke_out

The verb eke out has 4 senses


  • eke out, fill out -- (supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal")

  • eke out -- (live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his years in great poverty")

  • eke out, squeeze out -- (make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter")

  • eke out, squeeze out -- (obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives")

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