ekesomethingout
phrasal verbwithekeverbuk/iːk/us/iːk/
to use somethingslowlyorcarefullybecause you only have asmallamountof it:
There wasn't muchfoodleft, but we justmanagedto eke it out.
Hemanagedto eke outaliving(=earnjust enough toliveon)onesummerbysellingdrinkson abeach.
Coping and not coping
- balancing act
- be left holding the babyidiom
- bear up
- bite
- bite off more thanyoucan chewidiom
- cut
- hand
- head
- hold
- keep body and soul togetheridiom
- keep the wolf from the dooridiom
- keepyourhead above wateridiom
- keep/holdyourend upidiom
- live (from) hand to mouthidiom
- manage
- stretch tosomething
- stride
- subsist
- subsistence
- takesomethinginyourstrideidiom