The term 'JUST GOT BY' can be broken down into three words: EKED (4 letters), SCRAPED (7 letters), and SQUEAKEDTHROUGH (15 letters). Eked means to manage to get by with very little, scraping is the act of gathering something together with difficulty, and squeaked through means to barely pass. Together, these three words form the phrase 'just got by', which is used to describe a situation in which someone has managed to get by with very little, barely passing a test or challenge.