get by

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

get by

(intransitive, idiomatic) To subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level.
Do you think they can get by on only one salary?

Synonyms: get along, make do, make ends meet

Translations

subsist

Chinese:
Mandarin: 湊合 (zh), 凑合 (zh) (còuhe)
Czech: vyjít (cs)
Finnish: selviytyä (fi), tulla toimeen (fi), pysyä leivän syrjässä kiinni
French: tenir le coup (fr), s'en sortir (fr), se débrouiller (fr)
German: auskommen (de), durchkommen (de), zurechtkommen (de), klarkommen (de)
Hungarian: megél (hu)

Italian: sbarcare il lunario, tirare avanti
Japanese: 遣り繰りする (ja) (yarikuri suru), 遣り繰り算段する (yarikuri-sandan suru)
Polish: radzić sobie (pl)
Portuguese: sobreviver (pt)
Russian: справля́ться (ru) impf (spravljátʹsja), спра́виться (ru) pf (správitʹsja)
Spanish: subsistir (es), arreglárselas
Swedish: klara sig (sv)
Turkish: geçinmek (tr)

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