Sorry, no online dictionaries contain the exact phrase barely got by.
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1. scraped by
 2. eked out
3. managed
4. survived
5. struggled
6. ettle
7. exercitation
8. mix up
9. muscle in
10. set
 11. tend
12. working
13. accost
14. accoster
15. apply
16. approachment
17. attract
18. betide
19. bring to bear
20. comport
 21. do for
22. effort
23. employ
24. endeavor
25. entrench
26. exert
27. exertion
28. grow
29. lay
30. leverage
 31. obtrude
32. operate
33. optimize
34. overture
35. parlay
36. practise
37. protrude
38. push
39. succeed
40. urge on

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