get by
phrasal verbwithgetverbuk/ɡet/us/ɡet/present participlegetting|past tensegot|past participlegotorUSusuallygotten
to beabletoliveordealwith asituationwithdifficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such asmoney:
勉强过活，勉强对付过去How can he get byonso littlemoney?他是怎样靠那么一点儿钱维持生计的？
We can get bywithfourcomputersat themoment, but we'll need acouplemore when the newstaffarrive.我们眼下可以将就着用4台计算机，但新职员到来时就需要再添置几台了。
Coping and not coping
- balancing act
- be left holding the babyidiom
- bear up
- bite
- bite off more thanyoucan chewidiom
- cut
- hand
- head
- hold
- keep body and soul togetheridiom
- keep the wolf from the dooridiom
- keepyourhead above wateridiom
- keep/holdyourend upidiom
- live (from) hand to mouthidiom
- manage
- stretch tosomething
- stride
- subsist
- subsistence
- takesomethinginyourstrideidiom