scrape through

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

scrape through (third-person singular simple present scrapes through, present participle scraping through, simple past and past participle scraped through)

1. (idiomatic) To marginally manage to progress.

   The pass mark for the exam was 40%, and I scraped through with 43%.

Translations

marginally manage to progress

• Russian: проскребаться (ru) (proskrebatʹsja), проскрестись (ru) (proskrestisʹ)
• Telugu: వెంట్రుకవాసిలో తప్పించుకొను (veṇṭrukavāsilō tappiñcukonu)