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  • eke out :supplement what is thought to be deficient
    • He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons
    • Braque eked out his collages with charcoal

  • eke out :live from day to day, as with some hardship
    • He eked out his years in great poverty

  • eke out :make by laborious and precarious means
    • He eked out a living as a painter

  • eke out :obtain with difficulty
    • He eked out some information from the archives

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