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make a living

Earn enough to support oneself, as in Can he make a living as a freelance trumpeter? This term was first recorded in 1632.

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RELATED WORDS

subsidize, finance, uphold, strengthen, back, fund, encourage, maintain, sponsor, raise, feed, underwrite, nourish, angel, chaperon, stiffen, stake, guard, stroke, prop

Nearby words

  1. make a hash of,
  2. make a hit,
  3. make a hole in,
  4. make a killing,
  5. make a laughingstock of,
  6. make a long story short,
  7. make a monkey out of,
  8. make a mountain out of a molehill,
  9. make a name for oneself,
  10. make a night of it
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