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scrimpscrimp /skrɪmp/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYscrimpOrigin: 1700-1800 Probably from a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEscrimp |
| Present | I, you, we, they | scrimp | | he, she, it | scrimps | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | scrimped | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have scrimped | | he, she, it | has scrimped | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had scrimped | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will scrimp | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have scrimped |
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| Present | I | am scrimping | | he, she, it | is scrimping | | you, we, they | are scrimping | | Past | I, he, she, it | was scrimping | | you, we, they | were scrimping | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been scrimping | | he, she, it | has been scrimping | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been scrimping | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be scrimping | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been scrimping |
► scrimped and saved My parents scrimped and saved to pay for my education. to try to save as much money as you can, even though you have very little, especially by buying cheaper things SYN economize: My parents scrimped and saved to pay for my education.scrimp on something phrasal verb to pay too little money for something or buy something that is cheap and of bad quality: Airlines can’t scrimp on security measures. |