make ends meet
Definition
› to have just enough money to pay for the things that you need: I've taken a second job in the evenings just to make ends meet. → See also dead end → See also light at the end of the tunnel → See also odds and ends → See also the tail end of sth → See also the West End → See also be at your wits' end
(Definition of make ends meet from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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