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eking out an existence synonyms
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- be economical with
- be frugal with
- be sparing with
- economize on
- get by
- stretch out
- abide
- act
- be alive
- breathe
- continue
- do
- endure
- go on
- have being
- have place
- hold
- inhabit
- last
- live
- move
- obtain
- persist
- prevail
- remain
- rest
- stand
- stay
- subsist
- draw in
- exhale
- expire
- fan
- gasp
- gulp
- inhale
- insufflate
- open the floodgates
- pant
- puff
- respire
- scent
- sigh
- sniff
- snore
- snort
- use lungs
- wheeze
- abide
- advance
- carry forward
- draw out
- endure
- extend
- forge ahead
- get on with it
- go on
- hang in
- keep at
- keep on
- keep on truckin'
- keep the ball rolling
- keep up
- last
- lengthen
- linger
- live on
- loiter
- maintain
- make headway
- move ahead
- consist
- dwell
- endure
- get by
- go on
- inhere
- kick
- lie
- live
- make it
- reside
- stay alive
- subsist
- survive
- barely exist
- be
- breathe
- continue
- eke out a living
- endure
- exist
- get along
- get by
- hang in
- hang on
- hang tough
- just make it
- last
- live
- make ends meet
- make it
- manage
- move
- remain
- remain alive
- ride out
- scrape by
- abide
- accustom
- allow
- be patient with
- bear the brunt
- brave
- brook
- cope with
- countenance
- eat
- encounter
- experience
- face
- feel
- go through
- grin and bear it
- hang in
- keep up
- know
- live out
- live through
- meet with
- never say die
- abide
- be
- be extant
- be latent
- be present
- breathe
- continue
- endure
- happen
- last
- lie
- live
- move
- obtain
- occur
- prevail
- remain
- stand
- stay
- subsist
- survive
- cope
- develop
- do
- fare
- flourish
- get by
- get on
- make out
- manage
- muddle through
- prosper
- shift
- succeed
- thrive
- contrive
- cope
- do
- do well enough
- exist
- fare
- flourish
- get along
- get on
- make ends meet
- make out
- muddle through
- prosper
- shift
- subsist
- succeed
- thrive
- accept
- acknowledge
- be big about
- bear
- bear with
- concede
- consent
- defer
- endure
- hang in there
- hang tough
- live with
- put up with
- receive
- sit tight
- stand
- stand for
- stomach
- suffer
- swallow
- take
- tolerate
- withstand
- be tough
- carry on
- cling
- clutch
- go on
- grasp
- grip
- hold fast
- hold on
- hold out
- persevere
- persist
- remain
- be patient with
- bear
- bear the brunt
- brave
- cope with
- face
- go through
- grin and bear it
- gut it out
- hang in
- hang in there
- keep up
- live out
- live through
- meet with
- never say die
- put up with
- ride out
- sit through
- stand
- stick in there
- stick it out
- stomach
- barely exist
- be
- breathe
- continue
- eke out a living
- eke out an existence
- endure
- exist
- get along
- get by
- hang in
- hang on
- hang tough
- last
- live
- make ends meet
- make it
- manage
- move
- remain
- remain alive
- ride out
- scrape by
- aftermost
- antipodal
- at the end
- bitter end
- climactic
- closing
- concluding
- conclusive
- crowning
- curtains
- definitive
- determinate
- determinative
- end
- ending
- endwise
- eventual
- extreme
- far
- far-off
- farthest
- finishing
- furthest
- alive
- animate
- aware
- breathing
- conscious
- living
- vital
- be frugal
- be prudent
- be sparing
- conserve
- cut back
- cut corners
- cut down
- keep within means
- manage
- meet a budget
- pay one's way
- pinch pennies
- retrench
- run tight ship
- scrimp
- shepherd
- skimp
- stint
- stretch a dollar
- tighten one's belt
- achieve
- arrive
- attain
- bring about
- bring off
- carry out
- conclude
- consummate
- do
- do a bang-up job
- do justice
- do one proud
- do the trick
- effect
- finish
- fulfill
- gain
- get someplace
- get there
- hit
- make hay
- manage
- nail it
- administer
- advocate
- boss
- call the shots
- call upon
- captain
- care for
- carry on
- command
- concert
- conduct
- counsel
- designate
- direct
- disburse
- dominate
- engage in
- engineer
- execute
- govern
- guide
- handle
- head
- act
- action
- alteration
- change
- maneuver
- measure
- modification
- motion
- movement
- ploy
- procedure
- proceeding
- shift
- step
- stir
- stirring
- stratagem
- stroke
- turn
- variation
- abide
- be left
- bide
- bivouac
- bunk
- cling
- continue
- delay
- dwell
- endure
- freeze
- go on
- halt
- hang
- hang out
- hold over
- hold the fort
- hover
- inhabit
- keep on
- last
- linger
- live
- abide
- be
- be alive
- breathe
- continue
- draw breath
- endure
- get along
- get by
- have life
- last
- lead
- maintain
- make it
- move
- pass
- persist
- prevail
- remain
- subsist
- survive
- endure
- live through
- persist
- pull through
- ride
- survive
- weather storm
- withstand
- bear up
- carry on
- cope
- endure
- fare
- get along
- get on
- make do
- make out
- muddle
- shift
- stagger
- consist
- dwell
- eke out a living
- endure
- get by
- go on
- inhere
- kick
- lie
- live
- make it
- reside
- subsist
- survive
- accost
- arouse
- ask for
- assert
- beard
- brave
- call for
- call out
- claim
- confront
- cross
- dare
- defy
- demand
- denounce
- exact
- face down
- face off
- face the music
- fly in the face of
- hang in
- impeach
- impose
- be determined
- be resolved
- be stubborn
- carry on
- continue
- endure
- go for broke
- go for it
- go on
- hang in
- hang tough
- hold fast
- hold on
- keep driving
- keep going
- keep on
- leave no stone unturned
- maintain
- persist
- plug away
- press on
- proceed
- pursue
- be extant
- be left
- bear
- carry on
- carry through
- come through
- cut it
- endure
- exist
- get on
- get through
- go all the way
- go the limit
- handle
- hold out
- keep
- keep afloat
- last
- live
- live down
- live on
- live out
- live through
- aid
- approve
- assist
- back
- bankroll
- bear
- befriend
- bolster
- brace
- buoy
- buttress
- carry
- comfort
- confirm
- continue
- convey
- defend
- endorse
- favor
- feed
- foster
- go for
- help