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Cut Corners Money Cheap Loop Things Poorly Incompletely

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Idiom CUT CORNERS
Definition to do things poorly or incompletely in order to save money
Examples
  1. It doesn’t pay to cut corners by buying cheap tires for your car. You’ll only have to buy new ones much sooner, and the cheap ones may cause you to have an accident.
  2. Don’t cut any corners when you write that report. Spend as much time as you need on it and do a good job. It will be important when the boss decides who gets the next promotion.
Category Money

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