eke out
    v 1: supplement what is thought to be deficient; "He eked out
         his meager pay by giving private lessons"; "Braque eked out
         his collages with charcoal" [syn: eke out, fill out]
    2: live from day to day, as with some hardship; "He eked out his
       years in great poverty"
    3: make by laborious and precarious means; "He eked out a living
       as a painter" [syn: eke out, squeeze out]
    4: obtain with difficulty; "He eked out some information from
       the archives" [syn: eke out, squeeze out]