squeeze by

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения едва удавшегося прохождения через узкое пространство или выживания/достижения успеха с трудом.

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

неисчисляемое · непереходный · фразовый, неразделяемый

1. Manage with difficultyinformal

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

   С трудом справляться

   • 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.

   Синонимыcopeget byscrape bysurvive

2. Pass through a narrow spaceinformal

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

   Протиснуться

   • 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.

Базовый глаголsqueeze