skimp
verb (used without object)
to scrimp.
had been skimping
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past perfect progressiveof skimp.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Georgia-Pacific had been skimping on capital spending at its pulp mills for years, Jones said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2017
For some time Butch had been skimping his Mayoralty to work at the Office of Civilian Defense.
From Time Magazine Archive
