stinge out

verb

To be stingy or miserly.

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Meanings

verbstinge out (third-person singular simple present stinges out, present participle stinging out or stingeing out, simple past and past participle stinged out)

present singular third person stinges out · participle present stinging out · participle present stingeing out · participle past stinged out · past stinged out

  1. intransitiveslangTo be stingy or miserly.

    In fairness to my decision concerning the pizza, I had stinged out on lunch to accommodate it and had it not been for the garlic bread starter I would have been okay for my lower limit.

    2014, Jon Chaddock, Killing Fat Softly: A Fistful of Calories
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APA

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Chicago

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