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(verb) to make or have just enough to survive

Example Sentences:

The student was able to squeak by and pay his rent by getting a part-time job.

A: Did you pay all of your bills last month?
B: Yeah, I just squeaked by.

I’m tired of always squeaking by. I want to get a job that pays well so I don’t have to worry about money!

From the News:

Rangers squeak by Sens

Media:

squeak by

Similar idioms:

  1. get through
  2. pay off
  3. scrape by
  4. scrape by
  5. sick and tired of

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