Live within one’s means (4,4,4)
I believe the answer is:
make ends meet
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">live within one's means</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for make ends meet that I've seen before include "unite extremists" , "Just have enough income" , "The Channel Tunnel consortium had to" , "Live within one's income" , "stay solvent" .)