Meaning & use
get this bread
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UK/ɡet ðɪs ˈbred/
US/ɡet ðɪs ˈbred/
Meaning
phraseidiomslanginformal
To earn money, especially when saying you are working hard to do it.
Grammar: Usually used in the present: I've got to get this bread.
Patterns
- need to get this bread
- get that bread
Can't hang out tonight, I've got to get this bread.
He works two jobs to get this bread.
We're up early, time to get this bread.
Common combinations
- go get this bread
- Okay, I'm going to go get this bread.
- out here getting bread
- I'm out here getting bread every day.
- secure the bread
- She wants to secure the bread.
- chase the bread
- Everyone is chasing the bread.
Synonyms and how they differ
- make money
- Make money is neutral and works in any setting.
- earn a living
- Earn a living sounds formal and general.
- hustle
- Hustle suggests extra effort, often outside regular work.
Word family
- bread noun
- slang for money
- breadwinner noun
- the person who earns the family income
- dough noun
- another slang word for money
- cheddar noun
- slang for money
Commonly confused: get this bread or break bread?
get this bread vs break bread
To break bread means to share a meal; it has nothing to do with earning money.
Practice
A friend texts 'I'm heading to work to get this bread.' What does she mean?
Choose one answer.
Here bread is slang for money. The other answers read it literally or wrongly.
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