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Get by = manage

When someone has to manage sth or a situation
Fuck! It's getting worse and worse, I can't get by it anymore.
by István Dergecz Neto October 31, 2007
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A cultural and aesthetic mind-state that prioritizes making money, even as an “underground” or “radical” creator. The work isn’t made for money, but it’s the money that matters the most.
“Dude, his stuff is pretty out there but he’s still pretty Finance Punk.”
by Pop Pop Bienstock April 01, 2021
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A Get-by is someone that you use, in order to get through a situation.
"Girl, why don't you talk to Angela anymore... you know the girl from your Biology class?"

"Maaan, she was just a get-by; there wasn't really many people to talk to in that class. What about you & them people you used to sit with at lunch?!"

"Pshtt, they was get-bys, too."
by Ali D G March 29, 2010
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