"buscarse la vida" meaning in Spanish

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Verb

Forms: me busco la vida [first-person, present, singular], me busqué la vida [first-person, preterite, singular], buscado la vida [participle, past]
Head templates: {{es-verb}} buscarse la vida (first-person singular present me busco la vida, first-person singular preterite me busqué la vida, past participle buscado la vida)
  1. (idiomatic) to fend for oneself, to get by on one’s own, to sort it out for yourself Tags: idiomatic Related terms: ganarse la vida
    Sense id: en-buscarse_la_vida-es-verb-gaGknTv0 Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header

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