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make both ends meet

make both ends meet verb: synonym of make ends meet.

Verb

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

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of make ends meet.
    • (entry on Archbishop Edmund Grindall) Worldly wealth he cared not for, desiring only to make both ends meet; and as for that little that lapped over he gave it to pious uses.1661, Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England
    • Do you know what it is to be poor? Not poor with the arrogant poverty complained of by certain people who have five or six thousand a year to live upon, and who yet swear they can hardly manage to make both ends meet, but really poor, […]1895, Marie Corelli, The Sorrows of Satan: or The Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, published...
    Synonyms:
    make ends meet

make both ends meet meaning in Kannada

make both ends meet in Kannada

ವರಮಾನವನ್ನು ವೆಚ್ಚವನ್ನು ತೂಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗು, ಸರಿಹೊಂದಿಸು

Synonyms of make both ends meet

Forms of make both ends meet

third-person singular presentmakes both ends meet
present participlemaking both ends meet
past participlemade both ends meet
pastmade both ends meet

Questions about make both ends meet

What does make both ends meet mean?
Make both ends meet means synonym of make ends meet.
What is make both ends meet in Kannada?
Make both ends meet in Kannada is ವರಮಾನವನ್ನು ವೆಚ್ಚವನ್ನು ತೂಗಿಸಿಕೊಂಡು ಹೋಗು, ಸರಿಹೊಂದಿಸು. See Make both ends meet meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is make both ends meet?
Make both ends meet is a verb.
What is the past tense of make both ends meet?
The past tense of make both ends meet is made both ends meet.

Words near make both ends meet in the dictionary

  1. make believes
  2. make biscuits
  3. make bold
  4. make bones about
  5. make book
  6. make both ends meet
  7. make bricks without clay
  8. make bricks without straw
  9. make bricks without straws
  10. make capital out of
  11. make certain

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