1. Manage one's existence barely
   "I guess I can squeak by on this lousy salary";
   - scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeeze by [informal], rub along [informal]
    
2. Escape
   "She squeaked by me";
   - squeak through [informal]

Derived forms: squeaking by, squeaks by, squeaked by

Type of: get by, make do, manage, pass