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What is another word for make both ends meet?

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Verb
To maintain or support oneself, especially at a minimal level
subsist
survive
manage
cope
fare
exist
live
endure
continue
living
be
depend
feed
last
sustain
get along
get by
scrape by
make it
stay alive
support oneself
make ends meet
remain alive
eke out a living
keep going
keep the wolf from the door
eke out an existence
keep body and soul together
hang on
sustain yourself
barely exist
hang in
hang tough
ride out
keep your head above water
stick it out
stick with it
rely for nourishment
make the grade
get through
make do
fend
make out
muddle along
muddle through
support
support yourself
shift for
fend for
make provision for
provide for
scarcely have enough to live on
scrape along
take care of
look after
scrape a living
scrape through
barely have enough to live on
get on
scrimp
pay your bills
dwell
consist
struggle along
continue living
go on
profit
scrimp and save
make a living
sustain oneself
earn money
maintain oneself
feed yourself
keep alive
earn a living
acquire a livelihood
earn one's living
do
make shift
do well enough
hack
handle
deal
contend
grapple
defend
weather
face
suffer
struggle
wrestle
eke out existence
dispatch
confront
tangle
tussle
battle
bear up
get a handle on
paddle your own canoe
struggle through
come through
keep one's end up
weather the storm
make it out alive
carry on
rub along
shift for oneself
deal with
stand on one's own two feet
look after oneself
shift
be all right
hack it
fare all right
deal with the situation
go
do all right
cut it
succeed
progress
proceed
come along
persevere
deal with it
scratch a living
hold out
improvise
crack it
handle it
make the best of a bad job
pull through
cope with it
hang in there
grin and bear it
withstand
scratch out a living
manage to live with difficulty
hold up
scarcely manage to live
soldier on
barely manage to live
pan out
go along
turn out
go off
perform
manage without help
make it on one's own
manage without assistance
cope on one's own
take care of oneself
manage by oneself
prosper
bear it
tolerate it
stand it
thole it
abide it
put up with it
endure it
make a go of it
contend with
be doing with it
stick it
flourish
score
achieve
do with
thrive
persist
hold your own
stand tall
stand your ground
maintain one's position
stand firm
acquit yourself well
give a good account of yourself
keep one's position
muddle
stagger
get by on
get by with
make the best of
make it work
make the most of
make the best of it
“By doing some casual work, like designing computer software, he has managed to make both ends meet and has enough left over to invest in his bicycle journeys.”
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