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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It’s become harder for all these direct-selling organizations to find great distributors who want to make a living selling person-to-person.
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Lisa Maynard, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Instead, Gay tried to make a living by delivering for DoorDash and working the overnight shift at Walmart.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Jobs and cash for work programs are needed so that Syrians can start to make a living.
—arkansasonline.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Those who would have become successful scientists may do other things to make a living like make YouTube videos because there just aren’t enough people doing that already.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
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Lisa Maynard, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025
Instead, Gay tried to make a living by delivering for DoorDash and working the overnight shift at Walmart.
—Lisa Respers France, CNN, 23 Mar. 2025
Jobs and cash for work programs are needed so that Syrians can start to make a living.
—arkansasonline.com, 18 Mar. 2025
Those who would have become successful scientists may do other things to make a living like make YouTube videos because there just aren’t enough people doing that already.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for make a living
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“Make a living.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20a%20living. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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