vverb.socialsucceed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means availableSynset:contend cope deal grapple make do make out manage
Examples:- We got by on just a gallon of gas
- They made do on half a loaf of bread every day
Hypernyms:act move
Inherited Hypernyms:copeact
Direct Hyponyms:cutextemporizefendhackimproviserub alongscrape alongscrape byscratch alongsqueak bysqueeze by
Full Troponyms:fendhackimprovisescrape along
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s PP | Somebody ---s (apply to: cope, make out, get by, manage, make do)
vverb.motionpass or move in front ofExamples:- Bride's Biscuit got by the other dogs to win the race
Hypernyms:overhaul overtake pass
Inherited Hypernyms:get bypassadvancetravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationescape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden actionSynset:escape get away get off get out
Examples:- She gets away with murder!
- I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities
Derivationally Related Form:escape
Hypernyms:avoid
Inherited Hypernyms:get offavoid
Direct Hyponyms:evade
Full Troponyms:evade
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP