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[eke out] {v.}
1. To fill out or add a little to; increase alittle.
Mr. Jones eked out a
country teacher's small salary byhunting and trapping in the winter.
The
modest meal was eked outwith bread and milk.
2. To get (little) by hard work;
to earn withdifficulty.
Fred eked out a bare living by farming on a
rockyhillside.
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