get by
get
gɛt
get
by
baÉĒ
bai
/ɡɛt bˈaÉĒ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "get by"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻž

to be capable of living or doing something using the available resources, knowledge, money, etc.
Intransitive
to get by definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite the financial challenges, they managed to get by on a modest income.
āφāĻ°ā§āĻĨāĻŋāĻ• āĻšā§āϝāĻžāϞ⧇āĻžā§āϜ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ āφāϝāĻŧ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋, āĻĒāĻžāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to escape notice or punishment
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She tried to get by without anyone noticing her late arrival at the meeting.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻžāϤ⧇ āϕ⧇āω āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ­āĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĻ⧇āϰāĻŋāϤ⧇ āφāϏāĻž āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to move past an obstacle or challenge
Transitive: to get by an obstacle or challenge
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hikers needed to get by the fast-flowing river to continue their trek.
āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āĻ• āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĻā§āϰ⧁āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āύāĻĻā§€ āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
04

āĻ…āύ unnoticed āĻĒāĻžāϏ, āϚ⧁āĻĒāĻŋāϏāĻžāϰ⧇ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to move past someone or something without being noticed
Transitive: to get by sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The stray cat tried to get by the sleeping dog without any disturbance.
āĻĒāĻĨ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϞāϟāĻŋ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻžāĻļ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āĻāĻžāĻŽā§‡āϞāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āωāĻ āĻž

to do well enough to avoid failure by meeting the basic requirements
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Despite minimal preparation, she was able to get by in the presentation by covering the essential points.
āĻ¨ā§āϝ⧂āύāϤāĻŽ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤāĻŋ āϏāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āĻ“, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āϜāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻĒāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ¨ā§āϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻ•āĻ­āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āωāĻĒāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ