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   hand to mouth

   adverb

   • 1. in a way that satisfies only one's immediate needs, because of lack of money with which to make provision for the future: "they have been living from hand to mouth for three years now"

   adjective

   • 1. satisfying only one's immediate needs, because of lack of money with which to make provision for the future: "a hand-to-mouth existence"

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