eng: eke out

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Meaning
means	(verb) supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal" fill out, eke out
means	(verb) live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his years in great poverty" eke out
means	(verb) make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter" eke out, squeeze out
means	(verb) obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives" squeeze out, eke out