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making shift

phrase , present participle of make shift

Synonyms and Antonyms of making shift

to meet one's day-to-day needs

They were able to make shift without borrowing money.

Synonyms of making shift

coping, doing, faring, getting along, getting by, getting on, making out, managing, shifting

Words Related to making shift

carrying on, contriving, scraping (by or through), scrounging

lasting, surviving

eking out, scraping (out), squeezing, wresting, wringing

affording, swinging

Phrases Synonymous with making shift

fending for oneself, making do, making ends meet

Near Antonyms of making shift

collapsing, failing, falling short, fizzling, floundering

declining, petering (out), slumping, waning

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