shift for yourself
old-fashioned— phrasal verb with shift uk/ʃɪft/us/ʃɪft/verb
to earn your own income or buy and cook your own food, etc.:
He left home at 18 and had to shift for himself.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Earning money
- bank
- base pay
- be quids in idiom
- black money
- blast
- bread
- bread and butter
- breadwinner
- bring sth in
- danger money
- draw
- earn
- fundraiser
- honorarium
- hustle
- income
- money for old rope idiom
- payday
- strike pay
- venal
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