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made ends meet

made ends meet is the simple past and past participle of make ends meet.

Meaning of make ends meet

Verb

make ends meet (third-person singular simple present makes ends meet, present participle making ends meet, simple past and past participle made ends meet)

  1. (idiomatic) To have enough money to cover expenses; to get by financially; to get through the pay period (sufficient to meet the next payday).
    • ... a schoolmaster, whose income being small, he was fain to keep a glass of good liquor for the entertainment of passengers, by which he made shift to make the two ends of the year meet.1748, Tobias Smollett, “The Adventures of Roderick Random”, in The Miscellaneous works of Tobias Smollett, page 18

Questions about made ends meet

What is made ends meet the simple past and past participle of?
Made ends meet is the simple past and past participle of make ends meet.

Words near made ends meet in the dictionary

  1. made dish
  2. made dishes
  3. made do
  4. made do and mended
  5. made down
  6. made ends meet
  7. made eyes
  8. made faces
  9. made fair weather
  10. made fetch happen
  11. made fish of one and flesh of another

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