struggle along

struggle along (with something)

To continue to cope or manage with one's current situation or condition, especially when it is difficult, inconvenient, or require strenuous effort. I haven't been enjoying college so far, but I've decided to struggle along for the rest of this year and see how I feel next summer. I just don't have the money for a new phone, so I've been struggling along with the same crappy flip-phone I had in high school.
See also: struggle
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

struggle along (with someone or something)

to make do as well as one can with someone or something. I really need someone who can work faster, but I'll struggle along with Walter. We struggled along the best we could.
See also: struggle
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • struggle along (with something)
  • struggle on with
  • struggle on with (something)
  • struggle along under
  • struggle along under (something)
  • You got to do what you got to do
  • you have to do what you have to do
  • you('ve) got to do what you('ve) got to do
  • you('ve) gotta do what you('ve) gotta do
  • limber up
References in periodicals archive
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"It was a struggle along the far ledge but I stuck to it for the best part of two hours and caught a dozen roach," he said.
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What few facilities we have here for the 500, 000 residents struggle along. Maybe the RLPO should move to the Wirral, where it might be better appreciated.
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His pay-packet dwarfed that of protege Gareth Gates, 19, who had to struggle along on just pounds 2 million.
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But he told Shiozaki he demands ''more fair representation'' for his faction in the transitional government that is to take over from the interim authority in six months' time in consideration of the ''contributions and sacrifices'' his fighters have made in the anti-Taliban struggle along with the other factions.
LDP lawmaker says Afghan warlord willing to disarm
And parents across Ireland, who have more than one disabled child, are having to struggle along with a hand-out which is the equivalent of just under pounds 6 a week.
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The Prime Minister said that restoration of rights of people and democracy was greatly due to their struggle along with the Pakistan Peoples Party leadership and its workers.
PM says reconciliation policy to continue
Some parts of the play brought reflection of the personality of Quaid-e-Azam and his struggle along with other freedom fighters.
Stage play brings comparative panorama of Pakistan movement
"I learnt to accept any support gratefully and to ask for help when I needed it rather than proudly try to struggle along on my own."
Sri Lanka changed my life! CAMPAIGN: Charity worker in role switch
A short section of the A445 is closed, next to the rail bridge and Focus Do It All, leaving motorists who have ignored the warning signs to struggle along Wharf Street and Charles Street.
ROADWORKS PUT DRIVERS IN A SPIN; Poor signs blamed for snarl-up on narrow street
''But after I come back from the United States, I will continue my moral struggle along with Rachmawati Sukarnoputri,'' he said, referring one of Megawati's sisters who has backed Wahid in his political struggle with Megawati and other political leaders.
Wahid vacates presidential palace, flies to U.S
DREAM I say to my father "Why did you betray me?" I enter a tree trunk and struggle along passageways within the roots.
Mind over matters: Your dreams; One Reader Dreams Of Being Attacked By A Falcon, Another Of Having Nothing To Wear. Our Expert Khamsin Reveals The Hidden Meanings
He held the command of nationalists from 2003 to 2006 and waged struggle along with chiefs of Murree tribes.
Nawab Akbar Bugti murder case registered against Pervez Musharraf
TERRIFIED residents struggle along a deluged street yesterday desperately clinging to a rope as floods batter large swathes of southern Mexico.
1 MILLION HIT BY FLOODS
The estates are called 'deprived', yet many of the residents are as well off as more modest house owners who struggle along to pay their own mortgages payments or private tenants who pay their own rent.
Letter: YourSay - We're ignored