Buck and Earn

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Buck

Buck verb - To move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion.
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Earn and buck are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Earn" instead a verb "Buck".
Nearby Words: buckle, bucked, bucking, buckskin, bucko

Earn

Earn verb - To receive as return for effort.
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Buck and earn are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Buck" instead a verb "Earn".
Nearby Words: earned, earning, earner

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chance buck chance earn chance

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  • Kafka Komedy Buster Keaton's 1922 two-reeler "Cops" takes this trope Up to Eleven — the protagonist's attempt to earn an honest buck ultimately leads to his being chased by what appears to be the entire LAPD.
    Source: Kafka Komedy
  • Start of Darkness The final scraps of his spirit crushed by trying to earn an honest buck as a bank teller, from there on he turned his company into a legitimate front, started building super gadgets, hired some minions and an engineer, opening the doors to the main story.
    Source: Start of Darkness
  • The Big Rotten Apple: "Saturday Night 78" - New York in the late Seventies, home of disco, punk, heroin, cocaine, organized and disorganized crime, casual sex, and desperate people trying to earn a quick buck.
    Source: Tabletop Game / Fiasco
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