"scrape by" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "scrape + by.",
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      "form": "scrapes by",
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          "text": "Everyone in her family had to get a second job just so they could scrape by.",
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        "To only afford the essentials; to barely sustain oneself."
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        "(intransitive) To only afford the essentials; to barely sustain oneself."
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          "word": "rough it"
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        {
          "word": "scratch by"
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  "word": "scrape by"
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    },
    {
      "form": "scraped by",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "scraped by",
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        "(intransitive) To only afford the essentials; to barely sustain oneself."
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