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1. intransitive verb just manage to keep going: to manage to survive or just make ends meet
 It's hard to get by on $100 a week.
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2. intransitive verb succeed with minimal effort: to get through something by doing as little work as possible
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3. transitive verb closely pass somebody or something: to pass or move behind somebody or something closely
We got by that parked truck with only an inch to spare.
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4. transitive verb pass inspection: to pass somebody's inspection or receive somebody's approval, with the implication that this should not have happened
How on earth did those errors get by the proofreader?
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