hold down a job

By then you'll be strong enough to hold down a job.

Why would a woman like you want to hold down such a job?

In modern society you've got to have a good education to hold down a job.

More important is what holding down a job after so long says about her.

Every student was simply required to hold down a job.

He also at one time held down 3 jobs and put himself through college.

She was there, God knows how, holding down a job and taking care of me, all at once.

Without help they won't be able to go to school or receive work training, much less hold down a job.

So people whose personal problems make holding down a job difficult will have less time to address them.

He'd told Sam then that they might lose the house if their mother couldn't hold down a job.