Meaning

1 senses

  1. (UK, idiomatic)To earn money, to do something as a job.

Forms

earns one's crust, earning one's crust, earned one's crust, earned one's crust
Base formearn one's crust · to earn one's crust
3rd person singularearns one's crust
Present participleearning one's crust
Past simpleearned one's crust / earnt one's crust
Past participleearned one's crust / earnt one's crust

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyearn one's crust
he, she, itearns one's crust

Past simpleLesson

all personsearned one's crust

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave earned one's crust
he, she, ithas earned one's crust

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill earn one's crust

Synonyms

9 synonyms
bring home the baconcarry one's weightearn a livingearn one's cornearn one's keepkeep the home fires burningput bread on the tableput food on the table

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
earmarkearmuffsearnA2earnestB1earnestly
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