to get just enough money or food to be able to continue to exist
to make something such as money or food last as long as possible
Gwen John lived in utter poverty in France, modelling for a few coppers to eke out, and she had a great affair with Rodin.
She had spat out her labia and now attempted to call them by name, to eke out a little mercy.
She knew how painful it was, and how to eke out the torture.
The family barely manages to eke out a living from their small farm.
Their meagre supplies have to be eked out throughout the winter.
There were still real people trying to eke out their lives here.
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There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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