squeeze by

• Phrasal Verb, das bedeutet, sich mit Mühe durch einen engen Raum zu zwängen oder etwas nur knapp zu schaffen bzw. sich knapp durchzuschlagen.

A phrasal verb used to indicate barely managing to pass through a narrow space or to survive or succeed with difficulty.

unzählbar · intransitiv · Phrasal, untrennbar

1. Manage with difficultyinformal

   To barely manage to survive or get through a situation, especially financially.

   Sich knapp durchschlagen

   • We had to squeeze by on a very tight budget last month.
   • He squeezed by with just enough money to pay the rent.
   • The company squeezed by during the economic downturn.

   Synonymecopeget byscrape bysurvive

2. Pass through a narrow spaceinformal

   To move through a very tight or narrow space with difficulty.

   Sich durchzwängen

   • She squeezed by the crowded table to reach her seat.
   • The car squeezed by the parked truck on the narrow street.
   • He squeezed by the people standing in the doorway.

Grundverbsqueeze