"eke out" meaning in Anglais

See eke out in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: to eke out [infinitive], ekes out [present, third-person, singular], eked out [preterite], eked out [participle, past], eking out [participle, present]
  1. Compléter, complémenter.
    Sense id: fr-eke_out-en-verb-oW-R~yIY Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
  2. Obtenir difficilement.
    Sense id: fr-eke_out-en-verb-IJWn8G3M Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Exemples en anglais à traduire
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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    "Composé de eke et de out."
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