rub along

rub along
verb
manage one's existence barely
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I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary

Hypernyms:
cope, ↑get by, ↑make out, ↑make do, ↑contend, ↑grapple, ↑deal, ↑manage
Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s

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(Brit. informal)
MANAGE, cope, get by, make do, muddle along/through; informal make out.
rub

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rub along (informal)
1. To get along, to manage somehow
2. To be on more or less friendly terms (with)
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Main Entry:rub

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ˌrub a ˈlong [intransitive] [present tense I/you/we/they rub along he/she/it rubs along present participle rubbing along past tense rubbed along past participle rubbed along] british phrasal verb
to live or work with someone in a friendly way

We rub along pretty well most of the time.

Thesaurus: to spend time with friendssynonym
Main entry: rub

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rub along [phrasal verb]
Brit informal : to work, play, etc., together with little or no difficulty

We rub along [=get along] well enough, but we're not really close friends.

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Main Entry:rub

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