Main entry: eke out, squeeze out
Definition: obtain with difficulty
Usage: He eked out some information from the archives
Main entry: squeeze out, eke out
Definition: make by laborious and precarious means
Usage: He eked out a living as a painter
Definition: supplement what is thought to be deficient
Usage: He eked out his meager pay by giving private lessons; Braque eked out his collages with charcoal
Main entry: eke out
Definition: live from day to day, as with some hardship
Usage: He eked out his years in great poverty