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
- 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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