Roleset cope.01 Verbnet Class: NONE "get by":

Roles:

Arg0:entity coping


Arg1:coping with

Examples:

with thing coped with (-)
``Our company has not been able *trace* to cope very effectively with'' changes in the marketplace, said Ryosuke Ito, Sansui's president.
Arg0:	*trace* -> Our company
REL:	cope
ArgM-MNR:	very effectively
Arg1-with:	changes in the marketplace




intransitive (-)
Despite all the pharmaceutical help, John just couldn't cope.
Argm-ADV:	Despite all the pharmaceutical help
Arg0:	John
Argm-DIS:	just
Argm-MOD:	could
Argm-NEG:	n't
REL:	cope

Maybe that's a slang usage.