scrape a pass
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to only just succeed in passing
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- 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.