Barely get, with "out" (3)
I believe the answer is:
eke
'barely get with out' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for eke that I've seen before include "To -- out is to add to" , "Make a laborious living" , "To -- something out is to make it go further" , "Stretch (out); in addition (archaic)" , "long ago" .)