Meaning of rub along | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To survive or get by with some difficulty.
2. To get along, to have an amicable relationship.

Examples

“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”

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