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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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"Most farmers are not wealthy land barons; they live hand to mouth on tiny and sometimes non-existent profit margins."

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2025

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

Even with the entire family working, there’s often not enough money for food and they live hand to mouth on credit from shopkeepers.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 21, 2023

It hit the poor, many of whom live hand to mouth, particularly hard.

From Washington Post • Apr. 7, 2022

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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