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get by

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of get by

to meet one's day-to-day needs

working at night paid my college tuition and enabled me to get by—but just barely

Synonyms of get by

cope, do, fare, get along, get on, make out, manage, shift

Words Related to get by

carry on, contrive, scrape (by or through), scrounge

eke out, scrape (out), squeeze, wrest, wring

Phrases Synonymous with get by

fend for oneself, make do, make ends meet, make shift

Near Antonyms of get by

collapse, fail, fall short, fizzle, flounder

decline, peter (out), slump, wane

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