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scrapes along

scrapes along is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrape along.

Meaning of scrape along

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, with on or with) to barely be able to survive

Questions about scrapes along

What is scrapes along the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scrapes along is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrape along.

Words near scrapes along in the dictionary

  1. scraper
  2. scraperboard
  3. scraperboards
  4. scrapers
  5. scrapes
  6. scrapes along
  7. scrapes at the bottom of the barrel
  8. scrapes by
  9. scrapes down
  10. scrapes off
  11. scrapes someone off the ceiling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scrapes along (page history and authors); scrape along (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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