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gotten by

gotten by is the past participle of get by.

Meaning of get by

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, intransitive) To subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level.
    • Do you think they can get by on only one salary?

Questions about gotten by

What is gotten by the past participle of?
Gotten by is the past participle of get by.

Words near gotten by in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gotten by (page history and authors); get by (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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