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Verb: squeak by
  1. Manage one's existence barely
    "I guess I can squeak by on this lousy salary"
    - scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeeze by, rub along
     
  2. Escape
    "She squeaked by me"
    - squeak through

Derived forms: squeaking by, squeaked by, squeaks by

Type of: contend, cope, deal, get by, go across, go through, grapple, make do, make out, manage, pass

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