The meaning of EKE OUT is to make up for the deficiencies of : supplement. How to use eke out in a sentence.

There wasn't much food left, but we just managed to eke it out. eke out a living He managed to eke out a living (= earn just enough to live on) one summer by selling drinks on a beach.

To obtain something through hard work or effort. A noun or pronoun can be used between "eke" and "out." In addition to my full-time job, I started doing some freelance work and can now eke out my …

If you eke out something, you make your supply of it last as long as possible. Many workers can only eke out their redundancy money for about 10 weeks. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

Definition of eke out phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. to make a small supply of something such as food or money last longer by using only small amounts of it. She …

Dec 14, 2025 · Her stomach growled at the prospect of eating roast rabbit for breakfast; the last time she had eaten meat had been three days ago. Since then, they had been ekeing out the last dusty …

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English eke something ↔ out phrasal verb 1 eke out a living/existence to manage to live with very little money or food They eke out a miserable existence in …