What does get by with mean?

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get by with

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 6.05 in modern English

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gets by with (present, singular) getting by with (participle, present) got by with (past) got by with (participle, past) gotten by with (participle, past)

What does get by with mean?: To escape punishment or discipline, to get away with.

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