squeak by

Questions about squeak by

What does squeak by mean?

squeak by means "manage one's existence barely". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for squeak by?

Close synonyms include scrape along, scrape by, scratch along, squeeze by, rub along. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is squeak by a common word?

squeak by is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.