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GET BY

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action

Example:

I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities

Synonyms:

escape; get away; get by; get off; get out

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "get by" is one way to...):

avoid (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get by"):

evade (use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Pass or move in front of

Example:

Bride's Biscuit got by the other dogs to win the race

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "get by" is one way to...):

overhaul; overtake; pass (travel past)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

Example:

They made do on half a loaf of bread every day

Synonyms:

contend; cope; deal; get by; grapple; make do; make out; manage

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "get by" is one way to...):

act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get by"):

extemporize; improvise (manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand)

fend (try to manage without help)

cut; hack (be able to manage or manage successfully)

rub along; scrape along; scrape by; scratch along; squeak by; squeeze by (manage one's existence barely)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

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