penny-pinch

Example Sentences

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What the financial planner will invariably tell them is that they don’t have to penny-pinch, but they do have to budget.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2022

"I'll have to penny-pinch everywhere, I do not put the central heating on because that would be an extra £30 or £40 a month on gas," she said.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2021

Buy the minimum sizes available, Mr. Ferraro says, and while it might mean spending more for the smaller sizes, he tries not to penny-pinch on his time off.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 5, 2015

But whatever financial strait-jacket the government may be in, most observers agree that they wouldn't dare penny-pinch on security.

From BBC • Jul. 26, 2011

I�d like to not have to penny-pinch everything.

From Time Magazine Archive