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shoestring
[ shoo-string ]
adjective
- consisting of or characterized by a small amount of money:
living on a shoestring budget.
shoestring
/ ˈʃ³ÜËËŒ²õ³Ù°ùɪŋ /
noun
- another word for shoelace
- informal.
- a very small or petty amount of money (esp in the phrase on a shoestring )
- ( as modifier )
a shoestring budget
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of shoestring1
Idioms and Phrases
see on a shoestring .Example Sentences
But the sprawling epic made with a shoestring budget failed to make a splash among Screen Actors Guild voters, ultimately being shut out of the SAG Awards’ top category by “Wicked.â€
Yet for beginning drivers from L.A. and Orange County, who are struggling to race on a shoestring budget, that track might just as well be on another planet.
While Rome was riven by “internecine strife†and Britain ran its empire on a shoestring budget, the U.S. was “constitutionally stable†with “an enormous industrial base.â€
Put together on a shoestring budget with donated clothes, the video went viral after Mukherjee reposted it on his Instagram feed with a heart emoji.
Nix stepped out of a shoestring tackle late in the fourth quarter while scrambling for 21 yards to set up the Broncos’ last field-goal attempt.
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