scratch along vs manage

scratch along and manage both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
scratch along	No	No	Yes	No
manage	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, manage is a hypernym of scratch along; that is, manage is a word with a broader meaning than scratch along:

scratch along: manage one's existence barely
manage: succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

Other hypernyms of scratch along include contend, cope, deal, get by, grapple, make do, make out.

scratch along (verb)	manage (verb)
manage one's existence barely	handle effectively
	be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
	watch and direct
	carry on or function
	succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
	achieve something by means of trickery or devious methods
	be successful; achieve a goal