got by

He once got by with couch surfing or working minimum-wage jobs to pay rent, but with Halifax’s skyrocketing housing costs, he can no longer afford a place to live.

"Yesterday my wife and I got by with coal. It's a mess, but we have to keep going."

Ortiz hesitated around third and broke for home when the ball got by Betts, so the runner officially scored on the error.

Canada, which scored 13 goals in its group without conceding a goal, got by Costa Rica 1-0 in extra time in its quarterfinal match.

They lived for a while in Harlem while his mother worked in a sweatshop and got by with the help of food stamps.