Read full poem →certain words appears quaint and lumpish, the language is
superficially modern enough to enable the reader to "get by".
Yet such an approach can lead only to a faulty appreciation of
Dictionary Entry
To subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level.
In a Sentence
“Do you think they can get by on only one salary?”
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Poetry examples for “get by”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.