gets by

present tense third-person singular of get by

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of gets by Current and former employees swear Preller gets by on a few hours of sleep a night. Brittany Ghiroli, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025 Here a miserable delivery boy gets by disposing of mummies recovered in Iquique, North of Chile. John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025 Though Good Boy gets by for a while on the strength of its performances and the sheer oddness of its plot, the flimsiness of its characters drains the film of energy long before its 110 minutes are up. Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2025 Emma Heming Willis gets by with a little help from her family. Ryan Coleman September 2, EW.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Briscoe gets by to take the lead once again, and the Legacy Motor Club duo of Erik Jones and John Hunter Nemechek run in third and fourth place, respectively. Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 1 Sep. 2025 Neither would a grandparent who raises a grandkid and only gets by on Social Security. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Sun Sentinel, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for gets by
Verb
  • Unlike other forms of stress, exercise stress is a good thing, because the body copes with it in a positive way.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Healing does not look the same for everyone, and the way each person copes with distress can vary greatly.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • At one point, Bill Walker gets on the phone with someone.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Dern defends takedowns at 25 percent, and her comfort level on the ground could be her downfall if Jandiroba gets on top of her every round.
    Brett Appley, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Bernie also gets along well with other dogs.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Everyone gets along really well.
    Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There’s a lot of stuff in the ocean, and marine debris tends to aggregate in the same places as does the whale sharks’ primary prey.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Maybe the bench does it more naturally, but the running didn’t stop when the starters were together.
    Eric Koreen, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Arkansas Department of Human Services oversees SNAP, and the Arkansas Department of Health manages WIC.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The teenager manages to skip around Carreras’ challenge, but the defensive pressure means Yamal runs straight into Orkun Kokcu’s tackle.
    Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This cold hardy shrub survives winter in containers throughout the South.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Chaney's makeup kit still survives to this day, preserved at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Gets by.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gets%20by. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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