plural of bubble and squeak

(Britain, New Zealand) Cabbage and mashed potatoes etc. fried together. / (Cockney rhyming slang) A Greek.

A small and insignificant person.

(US, informal) To achieve something by a small margin.

(informal) A narrow escape; a close shave.

(slang) To make it through, but only barely; to pass or succeed by a very narrow margin.

(UK) Until the maximum amount has been extracted.