Synonyms of making shift

making shift

phrase

present participle of make shift

as in coping

to meet one's day-to-day needs

They were able to make shift without borrowing money.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• coping
• doing
• getting along
• making do
• getting on
• getting by
• making ends meet
• making out
• managing
• surviving
• shifting
• fending for oneself
• scraping (by or through)
• carrying on
• faring
• scraping (out)
• affording
• eking out
• lasting
• scrounging
• contriving
• squeezing
• wringing
• swinging
• wresting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• falling short
• failing
• collapsing
• floundering
• declining
• waning
• giving up
• slumping
• petering (out)
• fizzling