eke out

eke out
    v 1: supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out
         his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out
         his collages with charcoal" [syn: {eke out}, {fill out}]
    2: live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his
       years in great poverty"
    3: make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living
       as a painter" [syn: {eke out}, {squeeze out}]
    4: obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from
       the archives" [syn: {eke out}, {squeeze out}]
    

24 Moby Thesaurus words for "eke out":
      accomplish, bring to completion, bring to fruition, complete, cope,
      fill in, fill out, fulfill, get by, keep afloat, make ends meet,
      make good, make out, make up, manage, mature, piece out, refill,
      replenish, round out, scrape along, subsist, survive, top off