skrĭmp
To save for later use, sometimes by the use of a preservative.
pinch-pennies
To severely economize.
(Informal) To use for one's purpose something worn, defective, or intended for another purpose.
cut-corners
To bypass a prescribed route so as to gain competitive advantage or to circumvent traffic signals or other rules of the road.
To give or allow too little; be stingy
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economize (related)
To use or manage with thrift:
(Now Dial.) To make larger or longer; increase
To restrict; not to allow to go beyond a certain bound.
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To collect or gather slowly and with difficulty
tighten-one-s-belt
spending-money (related)
economise (related)
Find another word for scrimp. In this page you can discover 18 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for scrimp, like: conserve, pinch-pennies, make-do, straiten, cut-corners, pinch, skimp, economize, save, eke and limit.
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