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SCRIMP
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they scrimp ... he / she / it scrimps
Past simple: scrimped
Past participle: scrimped
-ing form: scrimping
Sense 1
Meaning:
Subsist on a meager allowance
Example:
scratch and scrimp
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "scrimp" is one way to...):
save (spend less; buy at a reduced price)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s on something
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