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.
What does it mean to eke out a living?
1 : to get with great effort They eked out a living from the farm. 2 : to add to bit by bit She eked out her income with odd jobs.
How do you spell ICH as an eke out a living?
eke out,
- 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.
