Get by lord who ran to seize power (4)
I believe the answer is:
cope
'get by' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'lord who ran to seize power' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'seize' could be 'cop' (copping is a kind of seizing) and 'cop' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cope that I've seen before include "Deal effectively (with a difficulty)" , "top on wall" , "Rise to the occasion" , "Manage, subsist" , "Manage to deal with the vestment" .)