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get by
verb
to pass; go past or overtake
informal(intr, adverb) to manage, esp in spite of difficulties
I can get by with little money
(intr) to be accepted or permitted
that book will never get by the authorities
Idioms and Phrases
Move past, as in There isn't room for this car to get by .
Manage to succeed or get along; also, barely succeed. For example, He's getting by even though he only works half-time , or If he applied himself, Paul could be getting A's, but instead he's just getting by . [Early 1900s]
Be unnoticed; also, get approval or pass inspection. For example, I wonder if these errors will get by the proofreader , or He hoped the paint job would get by . [Early 1900s]
Example Sentences
“The narrative that they’re taking criminals or taking bad people off the streets is completely false. They’re taking the working-class people that are just trying to get by.”
“Paramount was all about a community of blue-collar workers who are doing their best to get by every day,” Lemons said.
He added people who were struggling to get by found it "unfair" to see money being spent on migrants who had crossed the English Channel.
Survival horror stories get by on much less.
Although tasked with responding to crises in the nation’s most disaster-prone region, her department had received just a tiny fraction of the city’s budget and was getting by with a staff of roughly 30.
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