Antonyms for cut corners

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kawr-ner

Phonetic Transcription : ˈkɔr nər

Definition of cut corners

Origin : late 13c., from Anglo-French cornere (Old French corniere), from Old French corne "horn, corner," from Vulgar Latin *corna, from Latin cornua, plural of cornu "projecting point, end, horn" (see horn (n.)). Replaced Old English hyrne. As an adjective, from 1530s.

As in save : verb economize; set money aside for later use
As in scrimp : verb economize
As in skimp : verb be cheap or frugal about
As in stint : verb economize; hold back
As in economize : verb save money

Example sentences :

Problem—To cut with the grain of the wood, and how to cut corners.
Extract from : « Construction Work for Rural and Elementary Schools » by Virginia McGaw

It was at this point that he began to cut corners with disastrous results.
Extract from : « The Day's Work, Volume 1 » by Rudyard Kipling

You won't hold it long if you cut corners like that, I warn you again.
Extract from : « Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship » by Mabell S. C. Smith

And so I say to you, boys and girls, it does not pay to cut corners.
Extract from : « Fifty-Two Story Talks To Boys And Girls » by Howard J. Chidley

Now, you and I and everybody else knows that you have to cut corners to make a business successful.
Extract from : « A Spaceship Named McGuire » by Gordon Randall Garrett

And the wheels that cut corners soon get to looking shabby from lack of paint.
Extract from : « Fifty-Two Story Talks To Boys And Girls » by Howard J. Chidley

That is the way it nearly always happens with people who try to cut corners.
Extract from : « Fifty-Two Story Talks To Boys And Girls » by Howard J. Chidley

None of us felt very much like eating, and I could see that Fowler was disposed to cut corners.
Extract from : « The Shadow World » by Hamlin Garland

Rick cut corners, knowing he had enough water under the keel, heading directly for the creek entrance.
Extract from : « The Flying Stingaree » by Harold Leland Goodwin

That penny-pinching Skinner wants me to cut corners and get myself into trouble so he can fire me.
Extract from : « Cappy Ricks » by Peter B. Kyne

Synonyms for cut corners

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