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The phrase "scrap by" is not correct; the correct expression is "scrape by." You can use it when referring to managing to get by with minimal resources or effort.
Example: "After losing my job, I had to scrape by on my savings until I found a new one."
Alternatives: "get by" or "make ends meet."
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For now, the recycling happens piecemeal, scrap by scrap.
Instead, there were hundreds of men working at tables with alligator shears, cutting every piece of scrap by hand.
If it all goes well, the ship will be towed away and broken up for scrap by spring.
Both arose from humble roots: Edison was not born to privilege, while Mr Ovshinsky's father collected scrap by buggy.
Born in a tough neighbourhood in Salvador, he was taught to scrap by his street-fighter uncle.
The task is to prevent steam engines like himself from being ground to scrap by a mean diesel.
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Ernest Newman, the influential critic of the Sunday Times, dismissed Janacek as a "scrap-by-scrap composer", but the Manchester Guardian hailed the work as a masterpiece.
Eight other FTAs have now been scrapped by the Inland Revenue.
In June 2010, the programme was scrapped by the coalition government.
Some of Mr Obama's policies might be scrapped by a Republican successor.
CTFs were scrapped by the government in January 2011 and replaced by Junior Isas.
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