"put food on the table" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put food on the table.ogg Forms: puts food on the table [present, singular, third-person], putting food on the table [participle, present], put food on the table [participle, past], put food on the table [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> food on the table}} put food on the table (third-person singular simple present puts food on the table, present participle putting food on the table, simple past and past participle put food on the table)
  1. (idiomatic) To provide enough money to cover basic necessities. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: put bread on the table, make a living Translations (provide enough money to cover basic necessities): tuoda leipä pöytään (Finnish), nourrir son homme (French), faire bouillir la marmite (French), zapewniać byt [imperfective] (Polish), zapewnić byt [perfective] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "provide enough money to cover basic necessities",
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