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GET BY
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
Example:
I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities
Synonyms:
escape; get away; get by; get off; get out
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "get by" is one way to...):
avoid (stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get by"):
evade (use cunning or deceit to escape or avoid)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Pass or move in front of
Example:
Bride's Biscuit got by the other dogs to win the race
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "get by" is one way to...):
overhaul; overtake; pass (travel past)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Sense 3
Meaning:
Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
Example:
They made do on half a loaf of bread every day
Synonyms:
contend; cope; deal; get by; grapple; make do; make out; manage
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "get by" is one way to...):
act; move (perform an action, or work out or perform (an action))
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "get by"):
extemporize; improvise (manage in a makeshift way; do with whatever is at hand)
fend (try to manage without help)
cut; hack (be able to manage or manage successfully)
rub along; scrape along; scrape by; scratch along; squeak by; squeeze by (manage one's existence barely)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
