Re: No wonder pumps are dry

Following up to Ian.usenet@xxxxxxxxxx

>> If this one had got off the ground for, say, a week or two, I
>> would have eeked out the two full tanks for critical journeys
>> only.
>
>I thought "to eek out" meant to choose not to do something through
>sudden fear, sense or timidity. As in "I had moved across to overtake
>the caravan but saw an HGV coming at me and eeked out."

I have always understood it to mean use frugally, but its not in
my dictionary.
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