get by

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"Also, it is about how competitive they have got by fighting it out and being in and around each other - they have pushed each other on."

From BBC

Meanwhile, many everyday Chinese get by with bare-bones health insurance or small pensions, sometimes as low as around $30 a month.

From The Wall Street Journal

To get by, some producers are diversifying by planting oil palms or hevea trees used to make rubber, which, unlike cocoa's seasonal harvest, produce 11 months of the year.

From Barron's

“We’ll get by with a little help from our friends,” Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, wrote in a guest book at Chequers on Thursday, referencing the Beatles lyric while visiting her British counterpart.

From Los Angeles Times

Jenrick got by far the biggest job of the trio – housing secretary – in Johnson's first cabinet but before long was left far behind by his closest political friends.

From BBC