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nickeled and dimed

nickeled and dimed is the simple past and past participle of nickel and dime.

Meaning of nickel and dime

Verb

nickel and dime (third-person singular simple present nickel and dimes or nickels and dimes, present participle nickel and diming or (US) nickeling and diming or (UK) nickelling and diming, simple past and past participle nickel and dimed or (US) nickeled and dimed or (UK) nickelled and dimed)

  1. (US, colloquial, idiomatic) To charge, or be charged, several unexpected small amounts of money, often in the form of fees, taxes, or related expenses to a venture, which when taken as a whole add up to a significant unexpected cost.
    • I got nickel and dimed to death by the phone company's sneaky extra charges.
  2. (US, colloquial, figuratively, idiomatic) To wear down in small increments; to quibble or obsess endlessly with (someone) over trifles.

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Questions about nickeled and dimed

What is nickeled and dimed the simple past and past participle of?
Nickeled and dimed is the simple past and past participle of nickel and dime.

Words near nickeled and dimed in the dictionary

  1. nickelbacks
  2. nickelbischofite
  3. nickelbloedite
  4. nickelblödite
  5. nickeled
  6. nickeled and dimed
  7. nickeled-and-dimed
  8. nickelhexahydrite
  9. nickelic
  10. nickelide
  11. nickelides

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