1. Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
   "We got by on just a gallon of gas";
   - make do, manage
    
2. Pass or move in front of
   "Bride's Biscuit got by the other dogs to win the race"

Derived forms: gets by, getting by, got by

Type of: act, move, overhaul, overtake, pass