get by
— phrasal verb with get uk/ɡet/us/ɡet/verb present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got or US usually gotten
to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money:
How can he get by on so little money?
We can get by with four computers at the moment, but we'll need a couple more when the new staff arrive.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Coping and not coping
- balancing act
- be left holding the baby idiom
- bear up
- bite
- bite off more than you can chew idiom
- cut
- head
- hold
- keep the wolf from the door idiom
- keep your head above water idiom
- keep/hold your end up idiom
- live (from) hand to mouth idiom
- live to fight another day idiom
- manage
- roll
- stride
- subsist
- subsistence
- take sth in your stride idiom
- wolf
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