rub along
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To survive or get by with some difficulty.
verb
To get along, to have an amicable relationship.
Example Sentences
- "Mrs. Dinsmore has experienced 'love in a cottage,' and probably has no very idyllic recollections; she knows what it is to rub along with one servant, or even none, and keep up appearances and worry about the next month's rent"
- "Though he had at first to rub along in coarse society, he always maintained his inward refinement; he liked the table in the office to be of polished wood, and everything to be on a gentlemanly scale"