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What does put food on the table mean?

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  1. (idiomatic) To provide enough money to cover basic necessities.
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Excuses do not put food on the table and they do not pay for children's clothes.
It also employs labourers to help clear sites, providing pay that enables Afghan men to put food on the table for their families.
With the global economic downturn, more families are finding it difficult to put food on the table.
I mean, this is all very well as a hobby, but will blogging put food on the table?
These small business owners put in long hours and try hard to put food on the table for their families.
Too often, we hear of people having to make difficult choices of whether to pay for medication or put food on the table.

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