1. Manage to support oneself or make a living with difficulty. 2. Make an amount or supply of something last longer by using or consuming it frugally. 3. Obtain or create, but just barely.
"The farm eked out only a bushel of produce after the major freeze."
"The committee managed to eke out a proposal draft by the deadline."
"Our high school football team eked out a victory in overtime."
Germanic, pre-12th century
This tiny word has a powerful meaning: to support oneself with great difficulty, or to make something last longer through frugality. When used as a verb, it's almost always paired with "out," as in, "I eked out a few more drops of the precious substance." ...
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