cut corners

as insave
as inscrimp
as inskimp
as instint
as ineconomize

Synonyms for cut corners

verb economize; set money aside for later use

Antonyms for cut corners

save

verb. economize; set money aside for later use

Word Origin & History

late 13c., from Anglo-French cornere (Old French corniere), from Old French corne "horn, corner," from Vulgar Latin *corna, from Latin cornua, plural of cornu "projecting point, end, horn" (see horn (n.)). Replaced Old English hyrne. As an adjective, from 1530s.

Example Sentences for cut corners

Problem—To cut with the grain of the wood, and how to cut corners.

It was at this point that he began to cut corners with disastrous results.

You won't hold it long if you cut corners like that, I warn you again.

And so I say to you, boys and girls, it does not pay to cut corners.

Now, you and I and everybody else knows that you have to cut corners to make a business successful.

That is the way it nearly always happens with people who try to cut corners.

And the wheels that cut corners soon get to looking shabby from lack of paint.

None of us felt very much like eating, and I could see that Fowler was disposed to cut corners.

Rick cut corners, knowing he had enough water under the keel, heading directly for the creek entrance.

That penny-pinching Skinner wants me to cut corners and get myself into trouble so he can fire me.

cut corners

Synonyms for cut corners

Antonyms for cut corners

More words related to cut corners

economize

save

scrimp

skimp

stint

stints