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watch the pennies

watch the pennies verb: to be careful about how much one spends; to try to save money wherever possible.

Verb

watch the pennies (third-person singular simple present watches the pennies, present participle watching the pennies, simple past and past participle watched the pennies)

  1. To be careful about how much one spends; to try to save money wherever possible.
    • The Royal Household faces very different cost of living pressures to everyone else, but it is still required to watch the pennies (well, the millions anyway).2025 July 9, Dickon Ross, “Cost-effective Royal Train: the King's conundrum”, in RAIL, number 1039, page 3

Forms of watch the pennies

third-person singular presentwatches the pennies
present participlewatching the pennies
past participlewatched the pennies
pastwatched the pennies

Questions about watch the pennies

What does watch the pennies mean?
Watch the pennies means to be careful about how much one spends; to try to save money wherever possible.
What part of speech is watch the pennies?
Watch the pennies is a verb.
What is the past tense of watch the pennies?
The past tense of watch the pennies is watched the pennies.

Words near watch the pennies in the dictionary

  1. watch tackle
  2. watch tackles
  3. watch the birdie
  4. watch the feathers fly
  5. watch the fur fly
  6. watch the pennies
  7. watch the world burn
  8. watch the world go by
  9. watch this space
  10. watch timing machine
  11. watch timing machines

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