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get by

English

  1. 🔊 pass or move in front of
    “Bride's Biscuit got by the other dogs to win the race”
  2. 🔊 succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
    “We got by on just a gallon of gas”
  3. 🔊 escape potentially unpleasant consequences
    “She gets away with murder!”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 defender to get by
  2. 🔊 agenciárselas to get by, manage
  3. 🔊 apañar to get by, to manage
  4. 🔊 arreglar to get by, to make do, to manage
  5. 🔊 ir tirando to get by, to survive, to manage
  6. 🔊 salir adelante to get by, to cope, to make ends meet

Similar words

get off get away get out escape cope make out make do contend grapple deal manage accomplish achieve answer avail be equal to be missed be so be such bear bring off bring through carry off clear