make ends meet

Strongest matches

• conserve
• cut down
• scrimp

Strong matches

• manage
• retrench
• shepherd
• skimp
• stint

Weak matches

• be frugal
• be prudent
• be sparing
• cut back
• cut corners
• keep within means
• meet a budget
• pay one's way
• pinch pennies
• run tight ship
• stretch a dollar
• tighten one's belt

Strongest matches

• cope
• get along
• get on
• prosper
• subsist
• thrive

Weak matches

• contrive
• do
• do well enough
• exist
• fare
• flourish
• make out
• muddle through
• shift
• succeed

Strongest matches

• feed
• get along
• maintain

Strong matches

• fare
• profit
• subsist
• support

Weak matches

• acquire a livelihood
• earn a living
• earn money
• get by
• make it

Strongest matches

• collect
• conserve
• keep
• maintain
• manage
• spare
• store

Strong matches

• amass
• cache
• deposit
• gather
• hoard
• hold
• reserve
• retrench
• scrimp
• skimp
• squirrel
• stash
• stockpile
• treasure

Weak matches

• be frugal
• be thrifty
• cut corners
• feather nest
• hide away
• lay aside
• lay away
• pile up
• pinch pennies
• put by
• roll back
• salt away
• save for rainy day
• sock away
• stow away
• tighten belt

Strongest matches

• cut back
• skimp

Strong matches

• conserve
• curtail
• save

Weak matches

• be cheap
• be economical
• be frugal
• be prudent
• be sparing
• cut corners
• pinch pennies
• run a tight ship
• stretch a dollar
• tighten one's belt

Strongest match

• scrimp

Strong matches

• pinch
• save
• scamp
• scant
• scrape
• screw
• slight
• spare
• stint
• withhold

Weak matches

• be mean with
• be sparing
• cut corners
• pinch pennies
• roll back
• tighten one's belt

Strongest match

• scrimp

Strong matches

• begrudge
• confine
• define
• grudge
• limit
• penny-pinch
• pinch
• restrain
• save
• scrape
• spare
• squirrel
• stash
• withhold

Weak matches

• be frugal
• be parsimonious
• be sparing
• be stingy
• cut corners
• go easy on
• roll back
• save for rainy day
• skimp on
• sock away
• tighten belt

Strongest matches

• get along
• get by
• scrape by

Strong matches

• be
• breathe
• continue
• endure
• exist
• last
• live
• manage
• move
• remain
• survive
• sustain

Weak matches

• barely exist
• eke out a living
• eke out an existence
• hang in
• hang on
• hang tough
• just make it
• make it
• remain alive
• ride out
• stay alive
• stick it out
• stick with it