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                              noun VERB + LIVELIHOOD  earn, gain | protect, secure an insurance policy to secure your livelihood in old age | affect, threaten The new law threatens the livelihood of thousands of farmers. | destroy, take away LIVELIHOOD + VERB  depend on sth people whose livelihood depends on the forest PHRASES  a means/source of livelihood The boat was his main source of livelihood.
                        
                        
 
                        
                            Oxford Collocations Dictionary