get by
To subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal levelTo subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level.
» Excuse me. May I get by?
Извините. Можно я пройду?
Перепрошую. Можна мені пройти?
Meaning
1 senses(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?
auskommen, durchkommen, zurechtkommen
справля́тьсяspravljátʹsja, спра́витьсяsprávitʹsja
- pass or move in front of
- succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
- escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
Examples
981 sentencesExcuse me. May I get by?
Перепрошую. Можна мені пройти?
ruИзвините. Можно я пройду?
I got hit by a car.
Мене збила машина.
ruМеня сбила машина.
deIch bin von einem Auto angefahren worden.
I got hit by a girl.
Мене вдарила дівчинка.
I'll try to get home by 2:30.
Я спробую бути вдома до 2:30.
Tom got pulled over by the police.
Тома зупинила поліція.
ruТома остановила полиция.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Forms
gets by, getting by, got by, got byPhrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- get upвстати, вставатиTo move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
- get offзупинитися, зупинятисяTo move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- get outвийти, виходитиTo leave or escape.
- get onстаріти, постарітиTo board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.
- get inвигнати, виганятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, in.
- get downзнатиTo bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down.
- get backповернутися, повертатисяReturn to where one came from.
- get overпокрити, прикритиTo overcome.
More 8
- get awayвтекти, втікатиTo move away (from).
- get intoносити, надітиTo move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
- get aroundзламати, ламатиTo move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path.
- get throughдосягати, діставатиTo overcome; to endure.
- get alongвживатися, справлятисяTo interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble.
- get toзробити, робитиTo reach or arrive at (a physical or abstract destination, or state of doing a certain activity).
- get byвживатися, справлятисяTo subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level.
- get withTo become intimate with; to kiss and cuddle with; to have sex with.
Synonyms
13 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb