scrimp
verb (used without object)
to be sparing or frugal; economize (often followed byon ).
is scrimping
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present progressiveof scrimp (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Deschaine is scrimping to cope with the slow growth of her husband's graphic-design business.
From Time ● Oct. 10, 2010
When a man is losing his wages and his family is scrimping he ought not to be facing a thirty-dollar-a-week hospital charge.
From The Highgrader by D. C. Hutchison
