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scrimps together

scrimps together is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrimp together.

Meaning of scrimp together

Verb

scrimp together (third-person singular simple present scrimps together, present participle scrimping together, simple past and past participle scrimped together)

  1. (transitive) To amass in small amounts by virtue of frugality.
    • the families I had spoken with were betting their futures on education, with even relatively poor farmer families scrimping together money from here and there with their children’s futures in mind. This concern cut across class, with everyone feeling the pinch.2020 March 13, Sara Smith, “2. Birth and the Territorial Body”, in Intimate Geopolitics. Love, Territory, and the Future on India’s Northern Threshold (Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues...

Questions about scrimps together

What is scrimps together the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Scrimps together is the third-person singular simple present indicative of scrimp together.

Words near scrimps together in the dictionary

  1. scrimples
  2. scrimpling
  3. scrimply
  4. scrimpness
  5. scrimps
  6. scrimps together
  7. scrimpt
  8. scrimption
  9. scrimptions
  10. scrimpy
  11. scrims

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