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mak·ing ends meet

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  1. making ends meetverb

    . To be able to spend within one's means.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of making ends meet in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of making ends meet in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of making ends meet in a Sentence

  1. Chris Hughes:

    The idea is to provide a foundation, a floor on which people can build, as a moral issue, a matter of economic justice, we should create a floor in the US. The vast majority of people participating are having a hard time making ends meet. The point is to help the people who need it most.

  2. Jody Farley-Berens:

    Making ends meet is insurmountable, there are so many doctors' appointments, copays, surgeries, prescriptions. And then the inability to work -- any savings that there may have been is gone very quickly.

  3. First Lady:

    I know the struggles many of you face: how you walk the long way home to avoid the gangs; how you fight to concentrate on your schoolwork when there's too much noise at home; how you keep it together when your family's having a hard time making ends meet.

  4. Central Kentucky:

    We've had a strong recovery that started several years ago and has continued, but the working average people just aren't feeling it, they're having a tough time making ends meet, that's the message I've been hearing from Amy McGrath.

  5. Jody Farley-Berens:

    Making ends meet is insurmountable, there are so many doctors' appointments, copays, surgeries, prescriptions. And then the inability to work -- any savings that there may have been is gone very quickly.

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