| Main Entry: | get by |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, survive |
Synonyms: |
contrive, cope, do, do well enough, exist, fare, flourish, get along, get on, make ends meet, make out, muddle through, prosper, shift, subsist, succeed, thrive |
| Main Entry: | coast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | glide along without much effort |
Synonyms: |
cruise, drift, float, freewheel, get by, ride on current, sail, skate, slide, smooth along, taxi |
| Notes: | the difference between a coast and the shore is the coast is the seaward limit of the land and the shore is the landward limit of the sea shore is the general word for an edge of land directly bordering a body of water; coast is limited to land along a sea or ocean |
| Main Entry: | cope |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | manage, contend |
Synonyms: |
battle with, buffet, carry on, confront, deal, dispatch, encounter, endure, face, get a handle on, get by, grapple, hack it, hack*, handle, hold one's own, live with, make go of it, make it, make out, make the grade, pit oneself against, rise to occasion, struggle, struggle through, suffer, survive, tangle, tussle, weather, wrestle |
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act, behave |
Synonyms: |
acquit oneself, appear, bear, carry, come on like, comport, conduct, demean, deport, discourse, enact, fare, get along, get by, give, go on, impersonate, make out, manage, muddle through, operate, perform, personate, play, playact, portray, present, produce, put on*, quit, render the role, seem, stagger along |
| Main Entry: | eke out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make something last |
Synonyms: |
barely exist, be economical with, be frugal with, be sparing with, economize on, get by, stretch out |
Antonyms: |
use up, waste |
| Main Entry: | exist |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get along in life |
Synonyms: |
consist, dwell, eke out a living, endure, get by, go on, inhere, kick*, lie, live, make it, reside, stay alive, subsist, survive |
| Main Entry: | fare |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get along; turn out |
Synonyms: |
advance, do, get by, get on, go, handle, happen, hie, journey, make headway, make out, manage, muddle through, pass, proceed, progress, prosper, prove, shift, stagger |
| Main Entry: | get along |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make progress |
Synonyms: |
cope, develop, do, fare, flourish, get by, get on, make out, manage, muddle through, prosper, shift, succeed, thrive |
Antonyms: |
cease, halt, stop |
| Main Entry: | get on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cope, progress |
Synonyms: |
advance, do, do well enough, fare, get along, get by, make out, manage, muddle through, prosper, shift, succeed |
| Main Entry: | live |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exist |
Synonyms: |
abide, be, be alive, breathe, continue, draw breath, endure, get along, get by, have life, last, lead, maintain, make it, move, pass, persist, prevail, remain, remain alive, subsist, survive |
Antonyms: |
cease, depart, die |