phrasal verb / idiom · neutral
make ends meet
/meɪk ɛndz miːt/MAKE·ENDS·meet
task2speaking
to earn just enough money to live on
Examples
“After his partner lost her job, it became harder for them to make ends meet.”
“Many students work part-time to make ends meet.”
“He took a second job on weekends so the family could make ends meet.”
Band 8 sentence
“As prices rose but wages stayed flat, many households found it increasingly difficult to make ends meet.”
Collocations
- make ends meet on + income/salary
Word family
make verbend noun
Common mistakes
make the end meet→make ends meet
make ends to meet→make ends meet
Say it for a higher band
5have money→6get by→7+make ends meet
Synonyms
get by
Easily confused
get by
“With a very tight budget, they managed to get by each month.”
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