make ends meet
phrase
: to make one's means adequate to one's needs
did all they could do to make ends meet
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His true seasonal arc begins not with Bruce’s (Damon Daunno) death but rather in the Brick & Bacon, a New York City diner where a 20something waitress named Regina (Delainey Hayles) works shifts that don’t get her any closer to making ends meet.
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Sabrina Reed,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Abraham died when Brooks was only 2, leaving his brothers to help raise Mel and make ends meet in the household.
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Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
28 June 2026
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Sabrina Reed,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Abraham died when Brooks was only 2, leaving his brothers to help raise Mel and make ends meet in the household.
—
Alex Apatoff,
PEOPLE,
28 June 2026
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“Make ends meet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/make%20ends%20meet. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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