Sentence examples for to get by from inspiring English sources

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to receive by

to obtain by

to rent by

to take by

to fetch by

The phrase "to get by" is correct and usable in written English.
It is an idiom which means "to manage or succeed with limited resources or help." For example: We only had a small amount of money to get by, but we managed to make it through the month.

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to get by

verb

To obtain; to acquire.

I'm going to get a computer tomorrow from the discount store.

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Just trying to get by.

The New York Times

"It's getting harder to get by".

The New York Times

We just wanted to get by".

The New Yorker

"You're not making enough to get by.

The New York Times

Russian women trying desperately to get by.

The New York Times - Books

I've always managed to get by.

The New York Times

She honked to get by.

The New York Times

We used to get by.

The Guardian

Do anything to get by".

The New Yorker

It's hard to get by.

The Guardian

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And somehow they seem to get by.

Vice

More suggestions(15)

to obtained by

to secured by

to drawn by

to gained by

to guys by

to experts by

to offences by

to courts by

to getting by

to halt by

to go by

to wait by

to show by

to abide by

to delay by

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