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What does put food on the table mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word put food on the table? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (idiomatic) To provide enough money to cover basic necessities.
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These small business owners put in long hours and try hard to put food on the table for their families.
These are the people who are losing their homes, who cannot pay their rent, who cannot put food on the table.
Too often, we hear of people having to make difficult choices of whether to pay for medication or put food on the table.
She worked full time as a weaver to put food on the table and cared for three of us without lamenting her lot.
Excuses do not put food on the table and they do not pay for children's clothes.
People have expenses for their children and they need to put food on the table.

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