GET BY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

get by

verb

Definition of get by

as in to cope

to meet one's day-to-day needs working at night paid my college tuition and enabled me to get by—but just barely

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Recent Examples of get by Almirón got by Sporting Kansas City defender Moisés Mosquera with several stop-and-go moves before serving a precise pass to Tomás Jacob for a score in the 13th minute. — Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Don Diamont gets by with a little help from his friends and former costars. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026 Statewide, a single adult with no children needs to make at least $24 an hour to get by, according to MIT’s Living Wage calculator; that number goes up in high-cost-of-living areas like greater Miami, or if kids enter the picture. — Max Klaver, Miami Herald, 20 Aug. 2026 Vandenberg was one of the better skaters in the 2026 draft class, with the quick-twitch feet to project to get by a lot of NHL defensemen. — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get by

Recent Examples of Synonyms for get by

Verb

Ortega, of Little Village, has used dance to help cope with the loss of her partner.

— Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2026
And Lukas’ father is at pains to cope with the situation without resorting to archaic methods of patriarchal control.

— Leo Barraclough, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of cope

Verb

In fact, Hal does so almost immediately so John can use his artistic skills to create a complex tunneling device for burrowing beneath the compound.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
As the business grows, employee owners' ESOP accounts do, too, without contributing a cent.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of do

Verb

And Johnson has made sure everyone in the building gets on board.

— Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
But first, brand leaders must get on board and earn trust by making responsible product decisions and not relying on communications to compensate for products that fail consumers.

— Titania Jordan, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of get on

Verb

As for what kind of workplace environment this creates, Gomez says the commissioners, perhaps surprisingly, largely get along.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2026
The children were all very close and everyone got along, with their parents remaining amicable even after having divorced, according to Mercer.

— David K. Li, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of get along

Verb

No side allowed their opponents more shots across the first two Premier League rounds of the season (44) than Newcastle, and Bournemouth managed another 17 on Saturday, 13 of them during the first half.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The Rockies, who managed just a walk through the first four innings, finished with 11 hits.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 6 Sep. 2026