the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > have recourse [verb (intransitive)] > get by in haphazard way (2)
intransitive. figurative. To get by; to live or last out. Cf. to rub along, to rub on. Obsolete.
intransitive. to muddle on (now rare), to muddle along: to progress or live one's life in a haphazard or unplanned way; to attempt to cope…