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1. Succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
   "We got by on just a gallon of gas";
   - cope, make do, contend, grapple, deal, manage
    
2. Pass or move in front of
   "Bride's Biscuit got by the other dogs to win the race"
    
3. Escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
   - get off [informal], get away, get out, escape

Derived forms: getting by, got by, gets by

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