to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to stave off (e.g. starvation)

to pull through; to get over; to survive

to surpass; to outdo; to excel; to eclipse; to defy; to slight

excelling; surpassing; outdoing

insult; affront; disgrace; indignity

sexual assault; rape

stopgap; makeshift; temporary measure

killing time; staving off boredom

makeshift; stopgap; temporary expedient; temporary solution; band-aid

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(means of) enduring; tiding over; pulling through

food offered to attendants of a funeral

to protect against the elements; to shelter oneself from the weather

to tide over a difficult situation; to use a stopgap measure in a crisis

to eke out a living; to get a bare livelihood; to live from hand to mouth