Synonym of pinching the pennies

Verb

Present participle for to practice being economical (by using things sparingly or in moderation, and by avoiding waste or extravagance)
economising economizing saving scrimping retrenching cutting back budgeting saving money cutting costs making economies scrimping and saving cutting expenditure making cutbacks making cuts pinching skimping sparing buying cheaply conserving decreasing wastage managing reducing wastage shepherding stinting using less buying more cheaply cutting corners pinching pennies tightening your belt counting the pennies counting your pennies cutting down husbanding your resources reining in scrimping and scrape watching the pennies watching your pennies drawing in your horns keeping within means making ends meet meeting a budget paying one's way pinching your pennies running tight ship stretching a dollar tightening one's belt limiting curtailing scanting looking after the pence going easy pulling in your horns running a tight ship scraping scrimping on economizing on withholding husbanding stinting on holding back on going easy on restricting reducing restraining trimming skimping on squirreling stashing holding back rolling back penny-pinching earmarking scamping screwing slighting begrudging reducing expenditure making savings cutting back on rationing defining grudging confining nursing spoiling the ship for a ha'porth of tar tightening belt socking away saving for rainy day struggling shaving saving for a rainy day cutting down on managing thriftily using economically using sparingly cutting it close getting along getting by cutting it fine

Nearby Words

pinching your pennies pinch of salt pinch one's face into pinchpennies pinch pennies pinchpenny pinching theorem pinchings pinching pennies pinchingly pinching back pinching a loaf

Antonym of pinching the pennies

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