get by

Meaning

1. Oxford70% of films

   to manage to live or do a particular thing using the money, knowledge, equipment, etc. that you have

   If I sold them all, maybe we might get by.

2. Editorial30% of films

   to move or squeeze past a person or obstacle, or to slip past something that is in the way

In the movies · 27

• If I sold them all, maybe we might get by.The Pursuit of Happyness2006
• How've you gotten by as long as you have?Can You Ever Forgive Me?2018
• Well, we all have to do what we must to get by.Downton Abbey2019
• We get by.Aladdin2019
• But, hey, they'll get by without a father.Planet 512009
• I'm sorry. We need to get by through here.American Underdog2021
• Try to get by me dollSpace Jam1996
• I don't use it. I get by.The Last Boy Scout1991

Learn it in full scenes

• Can You Ever Forgive Me?2018
  • Lee Meets Jack Hock
  • Lee Asks to Be Paid in Cash
  • Lee Tells Jack Her Secret
• Downton Abbey2019
  • The King and Queen Are Coming
  • Downton Prepares for the Royal Visit
  • The Royal Butler Takes Over
• Aladdin2019
  • The Mariner Tells Aladdin's Story
  • Aladdin's One Jump Ahead Chase
  • Aladdin Shares His Rooftop Home

From the same entry

• be getting on
• be getting on for
• can't get over
• get away from it all
• get it
• get it on
• get it up
• get going
• get nowhere get anywhere
• get somewhere
• get there
• get this

More phrasal verbs

• dress up
• come to
• stay out of
• set out
• meet up
• look out for
• pull yourself together
• miss out
• get through
• check on
• relate to
• turn to