make a living
idiom
: to earn the money one needs to pay for housing, food, etc.
He made a living by working as a cook.
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Mario follows him and starts to make a living by marijuana trafficking.
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
Cape Carnage: Killer Catch – Reality show that follows Captain Bruce and the Davey family, who make a living from one of the most dangerous jobs on earth: hand-line fishing in the treacherous waters of northern Australia.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
So the government would buy these things in order to stabilize prices so that farmers could make a living and take that food and give it to schools.
—Miles Bryan, Vox, 23 Jan. 2025
Through observing how actors, makeup artists, set and prop designers make a living by working in this 24/7 simulation, Gates shows the ease with which ordinary people contribute to the nation’s war machine.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
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Marta Balaga, Variety, 18 Feb. 2025
Cape Carnage: Killer Catch – Reality show that follows Captain Bruce and the Davey family, who make a living from one of the most dangerous jobs on earth: hand-line fishing in the treacherous waters of northern Australia.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
So the government would buy these things in order to stabilize prices so that farmers could make a living and take that food and give it to schools.
—Miles Bryan, Vox, 23 Jan. 2025
Through observing how actors, makeup artists, set and prop designers make a living by working in this 24/7 simulation, Gates shows the ease with which ordinary people contribute to the nation’s war machine.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2025
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