Possible Clues:

• Barely manages
• Barely manages (with ''out'')
• __ out a living: barely manages
• Makes do ( with "out")
• Just manages, with "out"
• __ out: barely makes
• ___ out (scrapes by)
• __ out a living (barely manages)
• ___ out a living (barely gets by)
• Stretches, with 'out'