GET BY Synonyms: 35 Similar and Opposite Words

get by

verb

Definition of get by

as in to cope

to meet one's day-to-day needs working at night paid my college tuition and enabled me to get by—but just barely

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Recent Examples of get by Machine Gun Kelly got by in Miami with a little help from his friends. — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026 And while policymakers fight about how to solve these crises, regular New Yorkers are just trying to figure out how to get by. — Liz Krueger, New York Daily News, 18 Oct. 2026 Arkansas, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Florida all rank 103rd or lower in points allowed and have to come to DKR, so perhaps Texas can get by with a less efficient offense. — Kirk Bohls, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026 Real wages, adjusted for inflation, have declined almost every month since the Iran war started, prompting some consumers to dip into savings and rely on credit cards to get by. — Matt Egan, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for get by

Recent Examples of Synonyms for get by

Verb

With financing costs still elevated, many car buyers are taking on larger loans and extending repayment terms to cope with affordability challenges, according to Edmunds.

— Jessica Dickler, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026
Research has also found that across generational groups, greater user tendency to engage in social comparison, together with greater maladaptive ways of coping with emotions, is associated with more symptoms of anger, anxiety, and depression.

— Ashwini Nadkarni, Time, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of cope

Verb

There are rippling gasps, drums, strings, sax, a vaguely Latin guitar, a sample of a woman talking about getting her hair done.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
Sellers who have the option to pull their listing off the market are generally doing so.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of do

Verb

So, there was the coach on national television, seemingly calling for his field goal unit to get on the field when his offense had surrendered the football.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Fernandes was quick to get on board, and the two eventually left their jobs to focus on the company.

— Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of get on

Verb

Union Berlin managed to draw at Augsburg 1-1 after a player from each was sent off in separate incidents.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
The winner will gain one of five seats on the board that runs the highway district, which is responsible for building, managing and maintaining local roads and bridges countywide — as well as setting ACHD’s nearly $260 million annual budget.

— Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 24 Oct. 2026