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Definition of make ends meet

make ends meet

verb

  • to be able to pay one's bills.
    We're going to have trouble making ends meet this month.

    Last edited on Aug 11 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 11 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'end':

Definitions include: some location extremely far away.
Definitions include: extremely aggravated.
Definitions include: unable to tolerate any more.
Definitions include: the anus.
Definitions include: the best.
Definitions include: a foolish person.
Definitions include: the functional end, especially of a tool.
Definitions include: of an activity, an insurmountable obstacle.
Definitions include: To kill something, especially murder. "Tony got pissed off at Big Al's bullshit and ended him."
Definitions include: used to express the desire to end a conversation.
Definitions include: the last part of something.
Definitions include: money.
Definitions include: acronym for "end of business", i.e. the end of the business day.
Definitions include: acronym for "End of Day."
Definitions include: acronym for "end of file".

Other terms relating to 'make':

Definitions include: a penis.
Definitions include: buttocks.
Definitions include: general insulting retort to a female.
Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
Definitions include: rushing leads to mistakes.
Definitions include: "kiss and make up".
Definitions include: sex.
Definitions include: to identify or recognize.
Definitions include: to make a 180.
Definitions include: to embarrass one's self.
Definitions include: to fart loudly.
Definitions include: to defecate; "poop".
Definitions include: to make progress towards.
Definitions include: to defecate.
Definitions include: see airtight.

Other terms relating to 'meet':

Definitions include: two people who become enemies and make conflicts.
Definitions include: At my office, when the supervisor and some other CSRs are going to get buzzed, we call an instructional meeting over the PA.
Definitions include: an event for (usually business) networking.
Definitions include: Industrial Waste
Definitions include: a break in the workday when employees gather to ingest drugs.
Definitions include: nice clothes.
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