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Definition of shoestring in English: shoestringnounˈʃuːstrɪŋˈʃuˌstrɪŋ 1informal A small or inadequate budget. many early studies were done on a shoestring as modifier a shoestring budget Example sentencesExamples - Her organisation, already operating on a shoestring, is likely to close, after nearly six years of campaigning.
- A real Scottish success story, this not-for-profit business was launched on a shoestring in 1999, and now reaches out to 500 social entrepreneurs.
- I don't want them living on a shoestring unless they absolutely have to.
- Even that sort of budget, says Blair, means ‘you run on a shoestring: you spend no money on a motor-home and stay in cheap hotels.’
- He said the eclectic team included ‘students, young graduates, bank managers and housewives’, all operating on a shoestring.
- It was comparatively cheap to other courses but was always run on a shoestring.
- Readers might well ask how on earth it can be that a website operating on a shoestring is left to provide such a vital and basic service to the public.
- All its success is built on a shoestring, and now it must make more cuts.
- It was such a rags to riches story which the brothers did on a shoestring.
- It brings prestige to Scotland on a shoestring, and a great deal is done by people for whom it's a crusade, not a job.
- However, despite throwing a walloping £19 million at a system that worked very well thank you on a shoestring, the corps has not been an unqualified success.
- Many of the small neighborhood stores and restaurants, particularly those in poor areas, were already operating on a shoestring.
- A documentary on the subject, made on a shoestring, has proved a surprise hit and reaped a small fortune.
- The shop has helped me to get married on a shoestring, and yet still be able to wear a stunning dress for the occasion.
- Having proven his ability to operate successfully on a shoestring budget he is regarded as a prime candidate to return to the cash-strapped club he served for many years.
- It operates on a shoestring so it may be unkind to point to the very poor production values, but it and others have solved problems more creatively than is the case here.
- The consensus of everyone is that it will be painful, but you cannot run a council as large as ours on a shoestring.
- With only $24 million at her disposal, less than 2% of the UN's budget, she is operating on a shoestring and facing problems that would have daunted Sisyphus.
- Most B&B owners aren't millionaires, we run our budget on a shoestring so this is desperate for us.
- Working on a shoestring - ‘I had some wheeling and dealing to do because we didn't have a penny in the piggy bank.’
Synonyms very small sum, pittance, trifle, trifling sum, drop in the ocean, insignificant sum, derisory sum, paltry sum 2North American A shoelace. Example sentencesExamples - Several of the drawings were laced together with shoestrings in primitive book form.
- Glen plopped down beside us, and idly played with one of my shoestrings as he read through it.
- He ties rope, old shoestring, clothes hangers around his waist to keep his pants up.
- Instead, I went out and bought me some new shoestrings.
- He was wearing calf-high black boots with gray shoestrings.
- As we were taking the field, in front of a crowd between 30,000 and 40,000, I tripped on my shoestring and fell flat on my face.
- Do you like to be followed around by a horde of first-graders who need to be shown how to tie their shoestrings each time the shoes need to be tied?
- We need to replace his button shirts with the pullover kind; pants should have elastic waists, and not belts; shoes should have Velcro, instead of shoestrings.
- My fingers stumble a little as I knot the shoestring into a bow, like dancers in an unfamiliar routine.
- The shoelace-and-one-Velcro-strap closure gives easy access and a secure, adjustable fit with minimal shoestring / Velcro entanglement.
Synonyms shoelace, bootlace, lacing, string, cord, thong, twine, tie
adjectiveˈʃuːstrɪŋˈʃuˌstrɪŋ North American (of a save or tackle in sport) near or around the ankles or feet, or just above the ground. the Mets center fielder made a shoestring catch Example sentencesExamples - But Hansen got back onto his feet in the blink of an eye, somehow got downfield, and dove to make a game-saving, shoestring tackle at the seven-yard line.
- Over 600 individual animations are in the game, allowing everything from shoestring catches to wrap tackles.
- Not a shoestring tackle - I'm talking pads on pads.
- Though if I use a stiff arm they'll fall down and shoestring tackle me.
- This drill teaches players to put their hand down when someone like tries to shoestring tackle them and fight for extra yards.
Definition of shoestring in US English: shoestringnounˈSHo͞oˌstriNGˈʃuˌstrɪŋ 1informal A small or inadequate budget. as modifier a shoestring budget they proved capable of producing high-quality material on a shoestring Example sentencesExamples - All its success is built on a shoestring, and now it must make more cuts.
- It was comparatively cheap to other courses but was always run on a shoestring.
- Many of the small neighborhood stores and restaurants, particularly those in poor areas, were already operating on a shoestring.
- A real Scottish success story, this not-for-profit business was launched on a shoestring in 1999, and now reaches out to 500 social entrepreneurs.
- Her organisation, already operating on a shoestring, is likely to close, after nearly six years of campaigning.
- It was such a rags to riches story which the brothers did on a shoestring.
- It brings prestige to Scotland on a shoestring, and a great deal is done by people for whom it's a crusade, not a job.
- Most B&B owners aren't millionaires, we run our budget on a shoestring so this is desperate for us.
- Even that sort of budget, says Blair, means ‘you run on a shoestring: you spend no money on a motor-home and stay in cheap hotels.’
- With only $24 million at her disposal, less than 2% of the UN's budget, she is operating on a shoestring and facing problems that would have daunted Sisyphus.
- Working on a shoestring - ‘I had some wheeling and dealing to do because we didn't have a penny in the piggy bank.’
- Having proven his ability to operate successfully on a shoestring budget he is regarded as a prime candidate to return to the cash-strapped club he served for many years.
- It operates on a shoestring so it may be unkind to point to the very poor production values, but it and others have solved problems more creatively than is the case here.
- A documentary on the subject, made on a shoestring, has proved a surprise hit and reaped a small fortune.
- The shop has helped me to get married on a shoestring, and yet still be able to wear a stunning dress for the occasion.
- The consensus of everyone is that it will be painful, but you cannot run a council as large as ours on a shoestring.
- Readers might well ask how on earth it can be that a website operating on a shoestring is left to provide such a vital and basic service to the public.
- However, despite throwing a walloping £19 million at a system that worked very well thank you on a shoestring, the corps has not been an unqualified success.
- He said the eclectic team included ‘students, young graduates, bank managers and housewives’, all operating on a shoestring.
- I don't want them living on a shoestring unless they absolutely have to.
Synonyms very small sum, pittance, trifle, trifling sum, drop in the ocean, insignificant sum, derisory sum, paltry sum 2North American A shoelace. Example sentencesExamples - Do you like to be followed around by a horde of first-graders who need to be shown how to tie their shoestrings each time the shoes need to be tied?
- As we were taking the field, in front of a crowd between 30,000 and 40,000, I tripped on my shoestring and fell flat on my face.
- Several of the drawings were laced together with shoestrings in primitive book form.
- He was wearing calf-high black boots with gray shoestrings.
- He ties rope, old shoestring, clothes hangers around his waist to keep his pants up.
- Glen plopped down beside us, and idly played with one of my shoestrings as he read through it.
- The shoelace-and-one-Velcro-strap closure gives easy access and a secure, adjustable fit with minimal shoestring / Velcro entanglement.
- Instead, I went out and bought me some new shoestrings.
- My fingers stumble a little as I knot the shoestring into a bow, like dancers in an unfamiliar routine.
- We need to replace his button shirts with the pullover kind; pants should have elastic waists, and not belts; shoes should have Velcro, instead of shoestrings.
Synonyms shoelace, bootlace, lacing, string, cord, thong, twine, tie
adjectiveˈSHo͞oˌstriNGˈʃuˌstrɪŋ North American attributive (of a save or tackle in sports) near or around the ankles or feet, or just above the ground. Example sentencesExamples - But Hansen got back onto his feet in the blink of an eye, somehow got downfield, and dove to make a game-saving, shoestring tackle at the seven-yard line.
- This drill teaches players to put their hand down when someone like tries to shoestring tackle them and fight for extra yards.
- Though if I use a stiff arm they'll fall down and shoestring tackle me.
- Not a shoestring tackle - I'm talking pads on pads.
- Over 600 individual animations are in the game, allowing everything from shoestring catches to wrap tackles.
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