scrimp together

English

Verb

scrimp together (third-person singular simple present scrimps together, present participle scrimping together, simple past and past participle scrimped together)

1. (transitive) To amass in small amounts by virtue of frugality.

   Near-synonyms: scrape together, rake together, rustle up, scratch together

   • 2020 March 13, Sara Smith, “2. Birth and the Territorial Body”, in Intimate Geopolitics. Love, Territory, and the Future on India’s Northern Threshold (Politics of Marriage and Gender: Global Issues in Local Contexts), New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 40:

     the families I had spoken with were betting their futures on education, with even relatively poor farmer families scrimping together money from here and there with their children’s futures in mind. This concern cut across class, with everyone feeling the pinch.

Translations

amass in small amounts — see scrape together