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making both ends meet

making both ends meet is the present participle and gerund of make both ends meet.

Meaning of make both 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
    Synonyms:
    make ends meet

Questions about making both ends meet

What is making both ends meet the present participle and gerund of?
Making both ends meet is the present participle and gerund of make both ends meet.

Words near making both ends meet in the dictionary

  1. making beautiful music together
  2. making believe
  3. making biscuits
  4. making bold
  5. making book
  6. making both ends meet
  7. making bricks without straw
  8. making bricks without straws
  9. making capital out of
  10. making certain
  11. making common cause

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