get by

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner la capacité à survivre, à se débrouiller ou à joindre les deux bouts avec des ressources ou des moyens limités.

A phrasal verb used to indicate managing to survive, cope, or make ends meet with limited resources or ability.

indénombrable · verbe irrégulier · intransitif · phrasal, sans objet

1. Manage or surviveinformal

   To manage to live or survive with limited resources or means.

   se débrouiller, subsister

   • She gets by on a small pension.
   • We can get by with just a few supplies.
   • He gets by without a car by using public transport.

   Synonymescopeeke outmake domanagescrape bysurvive

   Antonymesfailflounderperishstarvestrugglesuffer

2. Pass or move pastinformal

   To move past an obstacle or through a narrow space.

   passer (devant/au-delà)

   • The car can barely get by through the narrow alley.
   • Please let me get by, I need to reach the door.
   • He managed to get by the crowd and reach the stage.

   Synonymesgo pastpassslip bysqueeze by

Verbe de baseget