What does mean by "get by" here ? Most adults sleep between seven and nine hours, but occasionally people turn up who need tewlve hours or so, while some rare types can get by on three or four. What

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What does mean by "get by" here ? Most adults sleep between seven and nine hours, but occasionally people turn up who need tewlve hours or so, while some rare types can get by on three or four. What does "get by" mean here? Can you use another word to replace it?

Mar 11, 2014 7:38 PM

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Question correction: What does "get by" mean here? (or, What is meant by "get by" here?) It means "(manage to) survive".

March 11, 2014

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