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RELATED WORDS : all get out get get a line get a load get a look get a noseful get a whiff get about get across get ahead get along get along with get around get around to get at get away get away with get back get back at get behind get cracking get down get dressed get even get even with get going get hitched with get hold get hold of get in get in touch get in touch with get into get it get it on get it over get laid get married get moving get off get off the ground get on get on with get one's lumps get onto get out get out of get over get rid of get rolling get started get stuck get the best get the better of get the goods get the hang get the hang of get the jump get the picture get through get to get to be get to grips get together get under one's skin get up get weaving get well get wind get wise get with it get word get worse

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb get by has 3 senses

• get by(v = verb.social) contend, cope, deal, grapple, make do, make out, manage - come to terms with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"
is one way to act, move
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

• get by(v = verb.motion) Array - pass or move in front of; "Bride's Biscuit got by the other dogs to win the race"
is one way to overhaul, overtake, pass
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

• get by(v = verb.communication) escape, get away, get off, get out - escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"
is one way to avoid
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

THESAURUS

get by

accomplish, achieve, answer, avail, be equal to, be missed, be so, be such, bear, bring off, bring through, carry off, clear, clear the hurdle, come along, come on, come out, come through, compass, contrive, cop a plea, cop out, cope, crown with success, cut the mustard, do, do it, do the trick, do with, eke out, engineer, escape attention, escape notice, escape one, escape without penalty, fare, fill the bill, fulfill, get along, get along on, get away with, get by on, get off, get off cheap, get on, go along, go around, go at liberty, go free, go on, go scot free, hack it, hold, hold up, just do, keep afloat, make do, make ends meet, make it, make out, make the grade, makeshift, manage, manage somehow, manage with, meet, meet requirements, muddle through, negotiate, not register, pass, pass muster, pull off, put across, put over, put through, qualify, reach, satisfy, scrape along, serve, serve the purpose, shape up, stack up, stagger, stand, stand the test, stand up, stretch, subsist, succeed in, suffice, survive, swing, swing the deal, take it, turn out, turn the trick, win freedom, work, worry along

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