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skate by

skate by verb: to get through something difficult with ease.

Verb

skate by (third-person singular simple present skates by, present participle skating by, simple past and past participle skated by)

  1. To get through something difficult with ease.
    • Jeff finds this stuff easy, so he just skates by at work.

Forms of skate by

third-person singular presentskates by
present participleskating by
past participleskated by
pastskated by

Questions about skate by

What does skate by mean?
Skate by means to get through something difficult with ease.
What part of speech is skate by?
Skate by is a verb.
What is the past tense of skate by?
The past tense of skate by is skated by.

Words near skate by in the dictionary

  1. SKAs
  2. skat
  3. skatable
  4. skate
  5. skate around
  6. skate by
  7. skate key
  8. skate keys
  9. skate on
  10. skate on thin ice
  11. skate one's lane

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