get by en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
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(idiomatic, intransitive) To subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level.
Do you think they can get by on only one salary?
Good girls do bad things sometimes / But we get by with it / Good girls do bad things sometimes / But we get by with it
2013, Tim Myers, Melissa Sheppard, “Bad Things”, in Dear You, performed by Meiko:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| getting by | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| got by | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | UK | lexicographic |
| got by | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| gets by | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| gotten by | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | US | lexicographic |
Synonyms
make do · make ends meet · get along
Translations (43)
ca campar (subsist) · ru спра́виться (subsist) · fr tenir le coup (subsist) · es apañárselas (subsist) · cs vyjít (subsist) · fi pysyä leivän syrjässä kiinni (subsist) · es arreglárselas (subsist) · es ir tirando (subsist) · fr s'en sortir (subsist) · cs vyžít (subsist) · ja 遣り繰りする (subsist) · de auskommen (subsist) · fi tulla toimeen (subsist) · es rebuscársela (subsist) · pt sobreviver (subsist) · es bandearse (subsist) · fr se débrouiller (subsist) · es apañarse (subsist) · es sobrenadar (subsist) · es defenderse (subsist) · pl poradzić sobie (subsist) · tr geçinmek (subsist) · de klarkommen (subsist) · fi selviytyä (subsist) · ja 遣り繰り算段する (subsist) · tr yaşamak (subsist) · pl radzić sobie (subsist) · ht pyange (subsist) · it sbarcare il lunario (subsist) · sv klara sig (subsist) · ru справля́ться (subsist) · es ingeniárselas (subsist) · vi xoay xở sống (subsist) · de durchkommen (subsist) · cmn 湊合 /凑合 (subsist) · es conformarse (subsist) · de zurechtkommen (subsist) · cs vystačit (subsist) · it tirare avanti (subsist) · es guarir (subsist) · es componérselas (subsist) · hu megél (subsist) · nl rondkomen (subsist)