make ends meet
Example Sentences
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He said the debt his patients described was not caused by buying unnecessary things, but by simply struggling to make ends meet.
From BBC
And in Virginia, Abigail Spanberger clinched the governor’s mansion on a campaign that named affordable child care and paid family and medical leave as essential to helping families make ends meet.
From Salon
“The notion that people are flocking to — fill in the blank: Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego — because it’s a great place to struggle to make ends meet is untrue,” she said.
From Seattle Times
Moreover, she said, locking former prisoners out of the job market can foster “survival crime” by people looking to make ends meet.
From New York Times
Meanwhile, the pull of full-time, big-money contracts overseas has stripped the semi-professional A-League Women of its biggest stars, while the majority of those left behind are forced to either play in multiple competitions or take second jobs to make ends meet.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
