squeak by

• Verbe à particule signifiant réussir de justesse, passer ou survivre à une situation difficile, souvent avec une marge minimale.

A phrasal verb used to indicate barely managing to succeed, pass, or survive a difficult situation, often by a narrow margin.

indénombrable · intransitif · phrasal, inséparable

1. Narrowly succeedinformal

   To barely manage to succeed, pass, or survive a difficult situation.

   réussir de justesse

   • He squeaked by the exam with a score of 51%.
   • The team squeaked by with a last-minute goal.
   • She squeaked by on her rent payment this month.

   Synonymesscrape bysqueak throughsqueeze by

   Antonymesfail

2. Barely avoidinformal

   To just manage to avoid something unpleasant or dangerous.

   Éviter de justesse

   • The car squeaked by the truck with inches to spare.
   • He squeaked by the deadline by submitting his report at 11:59 PM.
   • They squeaked by the financial crisis thanks to a small loan.

Verbe de basesqueak