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Scrape through

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Effort Implied

The phrase suggests that success was achieved with great effort and usually at the last moment.

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He scraped through his driving test after many failed attempts.
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Bare Minimum

It implies doing just enough to meet the basic requirements, without excelling.

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She managed to scrape through the interview with the minimum required score.
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Slight Success

Offers a sense of relief or narrow escape from failure, and not a robust success.

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Despite being ill, he scraped through the marathon just before the cutoff time.
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