scrimp
verb (used without object)
to be sparing or frugal; economize (often followed byon ).
had scrimped
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past perfectof scrimp.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Some felt they weren't getting value for money from the considerable sums their families had scrimped and saved over many years to fund their education.
From BBC ● Mar. 5, 2022
She and her late husband had scrimped and saved up for a steel door that Mr. Green had installed himself.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2020
By the time he was 13, she had scrimped enough to buy him a saxophone for $45.
From Time Magazine Archive
Second stop was Hollywood, where Traveler Perelman had scrimped a living in the '30s.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had scrimped and saved enough money to build a home for elderly Jews in Hilversum—for the elderly of all faiths, in fact, for Willem was against any system of segregation.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
