get by

verb

got by; got by or gotten by; getting by; gets by

intransitive verb

: to succeed with the least possible effort or accomplishment

: to make ends meet : survive

: to proceed without being discovered, criticized, or punished

get by

as in to cope

to meet one's day-to-day needs working at night paid my college tuition and enabled me to get by—but just barely

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单词	get by
释义	get by verb got by; got by or gotten by; getting by; gets by intransitive verb 1 : to succeed with the least possible effort or accomplishment 2 : to make ends meet : survive 3 : to proceed without being discovered, criticized, or punished Synonyms cope do fare get along get on make out manage shift See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences working at night paid my college tuition and enabled me to get by—but just barely Word History First Known Use 1841, in the meaning defined at sense 1 get by verb as in to cope to meet one's day-to-day needs working at night paid my college tuition and enabled me to get by—but just barely Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance cope get on get along do make shift make out make do manage survive make ends meet fare shift carry on afford fend for oneself eke out last scrounge contrive scrape (by or through) squeeze scrape (out) swing wring wrest Antonyms & Near Antonyms fall short fail collapse decline give up flounder slump wane fizzle peter (out) See More
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