Get by

Synonyms for "get by" (131 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (27)

accomplishachieveansweravailbe equal tobe missedbe sobe suchbearbring offbring throughcarry offclearclear the hurdlecome alongcome oncome outcome throughcompasscontrive
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cop a pleacop outcope
Noun(3 words)
basic livingbe adequatecope
Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (39)

Verb(7 words)
copedealescapeget awayget offget outgrapple
crown with successcut the mustarddodo itdo the trickdo witheke outengineerescape attentionescape noticeescape oneescape without penaltyexistfarefendfill the billfulfillgetget alongget along on
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get away withget by onget offget off cheapget ongo alonggo aroundgo at libertygo freego ongo scot freehack it

Related words (65)

holdhold upjust dokeep afloatmakemake domake ends meetmake itmake outmake the grademakeshiftmanagemanage somehowmanage withmeetmeet requirementsmuddlemuddle throughnegotiatenot register
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passpass musterpull offput acrossput overput throughqualifyreachsatisfyscrapescrape alongserveserve the purposeshape upsqueezestack upstaggerstandstand the teststand upstretchsubsistsucceedsucceed insufficesurviveswingswing the dealtake itturn outturn the trickwin freedomworkworry along
Noun(8 words)
make domanagemeager resourcesmodest livingpass mustersufficesurvival levelsurvive
Verb(3 words)
make domake outmanage

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries
actaction verbavoideconomic conditionlife situationmoveoverhaulovertakepass

More specific

10 entries
bare minimumbudgetingcopemake domeet requirementmeet standardmodest livingpass mustersurvival budgetsurvive

Collocations

11 entries
basic livingget by day by dayget by financiallyget by onget by withget by with littleget-by incomeget-by levelget-by skillsmodest livingsurvival budget

Inflections

5 entries
get-bysgets bygetting bygot bygotten by

Derivations

1 entries
get-by-ness

Sample sentences

2 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Do you think they can get by on only one salary?

Source: wiktionary

Good girls do bad things sometimes / But we get by with it / Good girls do bad things sometimes / But we get by with it

Source: wiktionary