Translation of "get by" - English-Russian dictionary

get by

phrasal verb with get uk /ɡet/ us verb present participle getting, past tense got, past participle got, US gotten

to be able to live or deal with a situation with difficulty, usually by having just enough of something you need, such as money

выживать, обходиться
I don't know how he gets by on so little money.

(Translation of “get by” from the Cambridge English–Russian Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)