SQUEAK BY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does squeak by mean? 

• SQUEAK BY (verb)
  The verb SQUEAK BY has 2 senses:

1. manage one's existence barely

2. escape

  Familiarity information: SQUEAK BY used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SQUEAK BY (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Manage one's existence barely

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

rub along; scrape along; scrape by; scratch along; squeak by; squeeze by

Context example:

I guess I can squeeze by on this lousy salary

Hypernyms (to "squeak by" is one way to...):

contend; cope; deal; get by; grapple; make do; make out; manage (succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Escape

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

squeak by; squeak through

Context example:

She squeaked by me

Hypernyms (to "squeak by" is one way to...):

pass (go across or through)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody