scrape a pass

Frequency: 5.54.5 per million words

to only just succeed in passing

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Examples (10)

  • She barely scraped a pass in chemistry.
  • He only scraped a pass in his final exam after minimal revision.
  • I was relieved to have scraped a pass in such a difficult test.
  • Despite his lack of effort, he managed to scrape a pass.
  • She scraped a pass in the driving test on her third attempt.
  • The student scraped a pass with exactly the minimum mark required.
  • Many candidates only scraped a pass in the rigorous technical exam.
  • If you don't study more, you'll be lucky to even scrape a pass.
  • He scraped a pass in mathematics but did much better in art.
  • It wasn't a high grade, but he scraped a pass nonetheless.