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English / phrasal verb

Get by

MEANING IN ENGLISH

To manage or survive despite limited resources or difficult circumstances

In context

01

During the heated financial dispute, both partners had to find ways to get by with a reduced budget.

02

Even though staff shortages worsened the tension, the team managed to get by through mutual support.

Synonyms

Survive,manage,cope

Antonyms

Fail,surrender,succumb

Collocations

Get by on little,barely get by,manage to get by

Sources

Bidyazo vocabulary library ↗