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get by with

get by with verb: to escape punishment or discipline, to get away with.

Verb

get by with (third-person singular simple present gets by with, present participle getting by with, simple past got by with, past participle got by with or gotten by with)

  1. (Southern US) To escape punishment or discipline, to get away with.

Forms of get by with

third-person singular presentgets by with
present participlegetting by with
pastgot by with
past participlegot by with
past participlegotten by with

Questions about get by with

What does get by with mean?
Get by with means to escape punishment or discipline, to get away with.
What part of speech is get by with?
Get by with is a verb.
What is the past tense of get by with?
The past tense of get by with is got by with.

Words near get by with in the dictionary

  1. get blood out of a stone
  2. get blood out of a turnip
  3. get busy
  4. get by
  5. get by the balls
  6. get by with
  7. get changed
  8. get cold feet
  9. get cracking
  10. get down
  11. get down on

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