Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rub_along

1 sense of rub along

Sense 1
scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeak by, squeeze by, rub along -- (manage one's existence barely; "I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary")
       => cope, get by, make out, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage -- (come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day")