Examples of 'make ends meet' in a sentence

Meaning of "make ends meet"

The phrase 'make ends meet' means to have enough money to cover necessary expenses and maintain a basic standard of living. It implies managing finances and income effectively to meet all financial obligations and avoid debt or financial hardship. People often use this phrase when discussing budgeting, saving, and living within their means
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  • To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).

How to use "make ends meet" in a sentence

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make ends meet
I can not make ends meet on my pension.
The father struggles to make ends meet.
I can not make ends meet on my salary.
My grandfather helped her make ends meet.
I can not make ends meet on my own.
So you have to do things to make ends meet.
We can not make ends meet here.
I am really only doing this to make ends meet.
I can not make ends meet now.
Mom was pulling in tricks to make ends meet.
To make ends meet he published short stories.
I still manage to make ends meet though.
I make ends meet around here.
And if we can not make ends meet here.
I can make ends meet until you graduate.

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You can not make ends meet.
A lot of my customers are struggling just to make ends meet.
We can barely make ends meet now.
Her husband did a runner so she does it to make ends meet.
Got to make ends meet somehow.
All girls are gonna make ends meet.
I make ends meet by playing in about five different bands.
It was difficult to make ends meet and often.
People are finding it extremely difficult to make ends meet.
You have to make ends meet.
To make ends meet he turned to translations and writing librettos.
You can never make ends meet.
They make ends meet by working various jobs or by stealing.
She was always scrapingto make ends meet.
We hardly make ends meet here.
We salvage floor tiles to make ends meet.
Struggling to make ends meet or on disability.
We have to see how to make ends meet.
He can not make ends meet and borrows continually.
I needed the cash to make ends meet.
I used to make ends meet by working day and night.
You can hardly make ends meet.
I work to make ends meet and to provide for my family.
Tom can barely make ends meet.
Trying to make ends meet year after year like you been doing.
You just get to make ends meet.
And make ends meet.
I am a poor woman struggling to make ends meet.
I can barely make ends meet as it is.
I see families struggling to make ends meet.
I gotta make ends meet.
It is financially very difficult to make ends meet.
I try and make ends meet.
His allowances are hardly enough to make ends meet.
Hard enough to make ends meet as it is.

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