earns a living (verb) live: make money to support living
Sinonime: beat, best, blow out of water, bulldoze,
bury*,
cook*,
cream*,
defeat, do in,
down*, eclipse, exceed, excel, fake out, go one better, leave behind,
lick*, outclass, outdistance, outfox, outgun, outjockey, outmaneuver, outrival, outshine, outsmart, outstrip, pull a fast one, shake off, shoot ahead,
snow*, surpass, top,
transcend,
trash*
Antonime: fail,
lose