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
- 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
- amass
- be cheap
- be economical
- be frugal
- be mean with
- be parsimonious
- be prudent
- be sparing
- be stingy
- be thrifty
- begrudge
- cache
- collect
- confine
- conserve
- curtail
- cut back
- cut corners
- cut down
- define
- deposit
- feather nest
- gather
- go easy on
- grudge
- hide away
- hoard
- hold
- keep
- keep within means
- lay aside
- lay away
- limit
- maintain
- make ends meet
- manage
- meet a budget
- pay one's way
- penny-pinch
- pile up
- pinch
- pinch pennies
- put by
- reserve
- restrain
- retrench
- roll back
- run a tight ship
- run tight ship
- salt away
- save
- save for rainy day
- scamp
- scant
- scrape
- screw
- scrimp
- shepherd
- skimp
- skimp on
- slight
- sock away
- spare
- squirrel
- stash
- stint
- stockpile
- store
- stow away
- stretch a dollar
- tighten belt
- tighten one's belt
- treasure
- withhold
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