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live hand to mouth

VERB

beg

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bite call on hustle scrounge

STRONG

benefit brace bum burn buzz cadge chisel freeload knock mooch nick panhandle score sponge tap touch want

WEAK

ask alms call upon clamor for dime up hit up mendicate nickel up pass the hat put the bite on put the touch on solicit charity sponge on

Antonyms

WEAK

give

VERB

panhandle

Synonyms

STRONG

bum cadge freeload hustle mooch scrounge sponge

WEAK

ask alms hit up hold out one's hand pass the hat solicit charity

Example Sentences

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Increasingly, people live hand to mouth, buying a tomato here, a few onions there as they manage to scrape together enough bolivars for just the basics.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

Many Nigeriens live hand to mouth and say they’re too focused on finding food for their families to pay much attention to the escalating crisis.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 9, 2023

And for daily labourers who live hand to mouth, it is just as bad.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2023

“Nobody in my restaurant can work this week. They live hand to mouth, and I am responsible for them,” she said.

From Washington Post • Aug. 23, 2021

Bathrooms are overcrowded, living conditions are austere, and inhabitants live hand to mouth – but it is a functioning shelter.

From The Guardian • Feb. 19, 2018

live hand to mouth

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