economise on time, money, materials or effort, perhaps unwisely
to do something in a cheap and easy way
leaving out steps when doing something, often to the detriment of the finished product
to reduce extra expenses
skimp
be sparing with
economise on
cut back on
pinch pennies
It is certainly not a sensible move to cut corners with national security.
My mom often had to cut corners when we were kids in order to feed all of us.
The company is known to cut corners. This means that they import all of their products instead of making it.
When the boss found out that the accounting department was cutting corners they fired them all.
The President of United States decided to cut corners in order to overcome of the recession.
To fill out the bill of credit card this month, I must have to cut corners.
There is no origin for this idiom
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