squeak by

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

squeak by
    v 1: manage one's existence barely; "I guess I can squeeze by on
         this lousy salary" [syn: {scrape along}, {scrape by},
         {scratch along}, {squeak by}, {squeeze by}, {rub along}]
    2: escape; "She squeaked by me" [syn: {squeak by}, {squeak
       through}]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

19 Moby Thesaurus words for "squeak by":
      brush, brush by, caress, come in contact, contact, glance, graze,
      hit, impinge, kiss, nudge, osculate, rub, scrape, shave, sideswipe,
      skim, skirt, touch

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