make ends meet
Example Sentences
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He adds that a growing number of families are struggling to make ends meet.
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He would tell of working as a captain on a fishing boat to make ends meet.
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But the knock-on effect has led to huge stress for the players, who are mainly ranked outside of the top 200 and far from financially secure as they try to make ends meet in their pursuit of reaching the main ATP Tour.
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Andrew Hall, 24, works as a bartender and waiter at a restaurant in Guildford, Surrey, and says he struggles to make ends meet each month.
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More than 50 Planned Parenthood clinics nationwide closed in the last year; some are consolidating to make ends meet or adding new procedures such as vasectomies.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
