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[ UK /ʃˈuːstɹɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈʃuˌstɹɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a lace used for fastening shoes
  2. a small amount of money
    he managed it on a shoestring

How To Use shoestring In A Sentence

  • It brings prestige to Scotland on a shoestring, and a great deal is done by people for whom it's a crusade, not a job.
  • From elegant trapeze artists to humorous anecdotal scenes of circus life on a shoestring budget, you can see why Camille is tempted to join Petra and run away with the circus.
  • We had to figure out web content technology on the shoestring budget of a nonprofit. Christianity Today
  • Both mains were around the $16 mark, and we shared some shoestring fries with a lemon pepper seasoning, with a side of coriander aioli (I know, bad for the arteries, but what the heck).
  • All its success is built on a shoestring, and now it must make more cuts.
  • If most of your exposure to religion involves televangelists, you may not realize just how many churches run on shoestring budgets.
  • He won three trophies in three years on a shoestring at Valencia. Times, Sunday Times
  • Her organisation, already operating on a shoestring, is likely to close, after nearly six years of campaigning.
  • he managed it on a shoestring
  • The British-produced film was made on a shoestring budget.
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