pinch pennies
(UK also pinch and scrape) old-fashionedDefinition
› to spend as little money as possible: When we were first married we had to pinch pennies just to get by.Budgeting and saving money
(Definition of pinch pennies from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- a penny saved is a penny earned idiom
- balance verb
- cut corners idiom
- cutback noun
- economize verb
- economy drive noun
- economy pack noun
- economy-sized adjective
- false economy noun
- in/out of pocket idiom
- make ends meet idiom
- manage verb (SUCCEED)
- price-sensitive adjective
- put/lay sth on/to one side idiom
- save (sth) up phrasal verb
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