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skimp
begrudge, cut a corner, enforce economies, grudge, make ends meet, pinch, save, scrape, scrimpy, skim the surface, slubber over, sparse, touch upon lightly
Definition
v.
work hastily or carelessly
Last update: October 26, 2016
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He
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ed to save money for future.
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But Sony did n't
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on the quality of the screen.
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We were soon in Kint Pong with its well-made laundry set, which did n't
skimp
on detail.
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It's fine to
skimp
on manners when it's just the two of us, but we don't have to look like complete rednecks in front of our guests.
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It had saved and
skimp
ed and denied itself, for the war.
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And do I ever
skimp
the butter or hunt for cake-rules with one egg now.
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But she was not disposed to
skimp
as to agony.
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"The secret is I don't
skimp
the cream," he remarked airily.
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We
skimp
ed and saved and gave him an education.
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For they knew what to order; they did not
skimp
; they refrained from grinding down the faces of the poor.
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She might shave prices, and cut, and
skimp
, and haggle to buy material, and put up her building at the least possible expense.
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