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what do you do for a living

what do you do for a living phrase: politely inquires about the subject's current occupation.

Phrase

what do you do for a living?

  1. Politely inquires about the subject's current occupation.

Questions about what do you do for a living

What does what do you do for a living mean?
What do you do for a living means politely inquires about the subject's current occupation.
What part of speech is what do you do for a living?
What do you do for a living is a phrase.

Words near what do you do for a living in the dictionary

  1. what did I tell you
  2. what did your last slave die of
  3. what do I care
  4. what do I know
  5. what do you do
  6. what do you do for a living
  7. what do you know
  8. what do you make the time
  9. what do you mean
  10. what do you say
  11. what do you want

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