get by
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
come to terms with
We got by on just a gallon of gas
Types & categories
Sense 2 verb
pass or move in front of
Bride's Biscuit got by the other dogs to win the race
Types & categories
- overhaul hypernym
Sense 3 verb
escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action
She gets away with murder!
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dodging derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | extemporize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fend |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hack |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | squeak by |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cope with |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | overhaul |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dodging |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | avoid |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | evade |