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View definitions for getting by

getting by

verb as in manage, survive

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Nearly one in three Americans are “just getting by financially” and costs of “day to day expenses” were among the top financial stressors for 61% of U.S. adults in 2023.

From Salon

The worry is the low-level player or trainer who is barely getting by and may be tempted to violate gambling rules for financial help with sustaining their careers.

"I was therefore not satisfied with the brush off I was getting by way of reply to my letters."

From BBC

"It's quite remarkable how selective and specific this receptor is exclusively for this signal being sent from the tubes. Such specificity ensures that no other volatile signals are getting by. There's no false signaling."

Video shared in the post shows cars getting by slowly in what the department called the “gore point,” the area that separates merging lanes of traffic.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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