make ends meet — to have just enough money to pay for basic necessities
Part of speech: VERB
Definition: to have just enough money to pay for basic necessities
Pronunciation (IPA): /meɪk ɛndz mit/
Example Sentences
- After buying a luxury car, Tom now works three jobs just to make ends meet.
- Sarah started selling her grandmother's cookies online to help make ends meet.
- The freelance writer could barely make ends meet until his novel became a bestseller.
make ends meet
VERB[/meɪk ɛndz mit/]
to have just enough money to pay for basic necessities
💡 Concept
She budgets carefully every month just to make ends meet.
🎵 Rhyme
Keep it neat to make ends meet and beat the heat!
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🎤Pronunciation
🇺🇸 US/meɪk ɛndz mit/
🇬🇧 UK/meɪk ɛndz miːt/
🌳Etymology
🎵Rhyme
meetbeatneatseat
meet
beat
neat
seat
🔗Collocations
struggle to make ends meet
barely make ends meet
difficult to make ends meet
help make ends meet
trying to make ends meet
📝Examples
😄 Fun example
“After buying a luxury car, Tom now works three jobs just to make ends meet.”
“Sarah started selling her grandmother's cookies online to help make ends meet.”
“The freelance writer could barely make ends meet until his novel became a bestseller.”
😄 Fun example
“My cat seems to think she needs a part-time job to help make ends meet after seeing the vet bill.”
📚Related Words
Synonyms
get byscrape bysurvive financiallylive paycheck to paycheck
Antonyms
live comfortablyhave money to sparebe well-off
Related
budgetexpensesincomefinancial strugglepaycheck
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