To scrape through is to pass, but only just. Scrape through the exam.
The margin is the whole point, since anybody who passes comfortably has not scraped through. To scrape through counts the same on the certificate, which is the consolation.
1phrasescrape throughTo pass, but only just.
“He would scrape through every exam by two or three marks.”
scrape through is a phrase.
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