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getting by

VERB

manage, survive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

cope get along get on prosper subsist thrive

WEAK

contrive do do well enough exist fare flourish make ends meet make out muddle through shift succeed

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fail lose

Example Sentences

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“For those people who are just getting by, they may be thinking: ‘I’m going to deal with that later.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

"We were barely getting by as it is. I don't know how people will manage," she told AFP at a Cairo market.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Mabel is a middle-aged woman who is barely getting by in the bleak Alaskan setting of Eowyn Ivey’s novel.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

As for current trading, he says, he is getting by.

From BBC • Nov. 20, 2025

He had spent his whole life working one job to the next, working construction, clerking, getting by, but what he really wanted to do was study.

From "The Voyage Of The Frog" by Gary Paulsen