Verb eke out has 4 senses
- eke out, fill out - supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out his collages with charcoal"
--1 is one way to supplement
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Somebody ----s something
- eke out - live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his years in great poverty"
--2 is one way to live
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Somebody ----s something
- eke out, squeeze out - make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living as a painter"
--3 is one way to gain, take in, clear, make, earn, realize, realise, pull in, bring in
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Somebody ----s something
- eke out, squeeze out - obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from the archives"
--4 is one way to obtain
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Somebody ----s PP
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