stinge out

English

Verb

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

1. (intransitive, slang) To be stingy or miserly.
   • 2014, Jon Chaddock, Killing Fat Softly: A Fistful of Calories:

     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.