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Synonyms for eke out


Grammar : Verb
Spell : eek
Phonetic Transcription : ik



Définition of eke out

Origin :
  • "also" (obsolete), from Old English eac, cognate with Old Saxon, Old Dutch ok, Old Norse and Gothic auk, Old Frisian ak, Old High German ouh, German auch "also;" probably related to eke (v.).
  • verb make something last
Example sentences :
  • Can you, from the brief minutes I have left, Eke out my reparation?
  • Extract from : « Browning's England » by Helen Archibald Clarke
  • How he contrived to eke out subsistence was difficult to conceive.
  • Extract from : « Confessions Of Con Cregan » by Charles James Lever
  • I had been desperately saving the ammunition, to eke out this hour of mine with her.
  • Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin
  • They keep the lock, and have a few acres of pastureland to eke out their living.
  • Extract from : « Sophy of Kravonia » by Anthony Hope
  • He ate it as slowly as he could to eke out a few minutes in the heavy day.
  • Extract from : « It Is Never Too Late to Mend » by Charles Reade
  • Well, she could eke out the sum that was put by for her fare.
  • Extract from : « To Tell You the Truth » by Leonard Merrick
  • If we use half-charges we can eke out our ammunition still further.
  • Extract from : « Farthest North » by Fridtjof Nansen
  • I—oh, I eke out an existence with the assistance of the Bodley College.
  • Extract from : « Phases of an Inferior Planet » by Ellen Glasgow
  • We don't live high, but we aim to eke out an existence, as it were.
  • Extract from : « Cordwood » by Edgar Wilson (Bill) Nye
  • He would rob any one,—but always to eke out his own gifts to other people.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Scarborough's Family » by Anthony Trollope

Antonyms for eke out

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