scrape through

He scraped a hand through his thick head of hair.

The aim is to cut costs enough to scrape through today's recession.

Then his hands scraped through her hair and he lifted her face.

The rest of the wreck scraped through the hole in the wire.

The family scraped a living through the decade of civil war and the Taliban era.

He scraped his hands through his hair and sat back.

He barely scraped through the first year, did better the next and finally graduated 17th in a class of 59.

Last week, a budget bill scraped through the House, 217 to 215.

At last he found a key that scraped through the eye of the lock.

Yes, they were trying to scrape their way through the door.