Can You Eke out?

To eke out is to get by with difficulty or a struggle. When you just eke out a living, you live from check to check, barely managing to pay all your bills. You'll often find eke out followed by "a living," or "an existence," describing the process of working hard for every bit of money.

How do you eke out a living?

to make (a living) or support (existence) laboriously: They managed to eke out a living by farming a small piece of land. to supplement; add to; stretch: to eke out an income with odd jobs.

What does eking it out mean?

verb (tr, adverb) to make (a supply) last, esp by frugal usethey eked out what little food was left. to support (existence) with difficulty and effort. to add to (something insufficient), esp with effortto eke out an income with evening work.