The phrase "almost get by" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation where someone is close to managing or succeeding but not quite fully achieving it.
Example: "With just a few dollars left, I can almost get by until my next paycheck."
Alternatives: "barely manage" or "just scrape by".
Dumb times, like when I almost get hit by a cab.
Characters in children's stories often lead pleasant lives: they speak to the Moon, play with big red dogs, and almost get eaten by wolves dressed up as close family members.
By Colin Stokes October 12, 2015 Characters in children's stories often lead pleasant lives: they speak to the Moon, play with big red dogs, and almost get eaten by wolves dressed up as close family members.
"It's not every day that you almost get hit by a bus," says Cahill, "but this study shows it's the emotional aspect, not the unusualness of the event, that commits it to memory".
OK, [Laughs.] and the Gladiators do something really, really naughty and almost get fired by Olivia".
The Chinese almost get it right by sautéing bok choy -- a different species -- briefly, then smothering it with vinegar and hot sauces.
"I used to almost get run over, hit by cars, because I was always like jumping out in the street to get a smashed Michelob cap," he recalled.
When you near the end of the campaign you fight across skyscrapers, almost get burned to death by solar radiation, and battle the megalomaniacal Gaul himself.
Based on conceptual similarities of the response categories, we dichotomized this variable into those living very well off and living comfortably ("high" subjective economic status), and those who are just getting by, almost poor, and poor ("low" subjective economic status).
"Our guide got bitten by a snake and ran away, and we almost got eaten by cannibals".
