1. keep body and soul together - Verb
2. keep body and soul together - Phrase
keep body and soul together (third-person singular simple present keeps body and soul together, present participle keeping body and soul together, simple past and past participle kept body and soul together)
Of a person: to survive; to continue living.
How did you keep body and soul together before you got your first paying job as an actor?
There is grim irony in speaking of the freedom of contract of those who, because of their economic necessities, give their service for less than is needful to keep body and soul together. Harlan F. Stone
Bishop Idahosa urged the members to spend their offerings on themselves to keep body and soul together while the lockdown continues in Lagos. Source: Internet
“Employers are cutting salaries because of the effect of the COVID-19, commuters who earn little pay now to keep body and soul together are spending more money. Source: Internet