Possible Clues:

• Somehow manages, with "out"
• Lengthens, old-style
• Barely squeaks by (with ''out'')
• Achieves with effort (with ''out'')
• Barely manages with 'out',
• -- out (scrapes together)
• With 30 Down, supplements
• Does just enough to get by, with 'out'
• Barely earns, with “out”
• ___ out a win (wins by a nose)