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Scratch along   /skrætʃ əlˈɔŋ/   Listen
Scratch along

verb
1.
Manage one's existence barely.  Synonyms: rub along, scrape along, scrape by, squeak by, squeeze by.






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"Scratch along" Quotes from Famous Books



... goot," said the old German trader. "Ach! yaas; you haf been pite on dem pack, und scratch, scratch along bofe your zides; boot you are a prave tog, and zoon ...
— Diamond Dyke - The Lone Farm on the Veldt - Story of South African Adventure • George Manville Fenn

... the present tense—wrap this pattern round the tube and scratch along its edges. The metal is removed from the two hollows by cutting out roughly with a hack saw and finishing up to the lines ...
— Things To Make • Archibald Williams



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