Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

make both ends meet

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.59 in modern English

Syllables: make both- end-s meet
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Synonym of make ends meet.

Example Sentences

"(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."
"Do you know what it is to be poor? Not poor with the arrogant poverty complained of by certain people who have five or six thousand a year to live upon, and who yet swear they can hardly manage to make both ends meet, but really poor, […]"

Inflected Forms

makes both ends meet (present, singular) making both ends meet (participle, present) made both ends meet (participle, past) made both ends meet (past)

Synonyms

make ends meet

Questions

What does make both ends meet mean?: Synonym of make ends meet.

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