What does on a shoestring mean?

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on a shoe·string

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  1. on a shoestringadverb

    On a very tight budget; with few resources or little money.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of on a shoestring in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of on a shoestring in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of on a shoestring in a Sentence

  1. Dina Hackert:

    This verse had been written on my shoestring from the first day of the season, it wasn't a mindless quote, and frankly theology wasn't on my mind as a 21-year-old college athlete.

  2. Don Beyer:

    Pete Buttigieg is really spending a lot of time and energy to make sure Pete Buttigieg has enough resources to be credible, obviously, campaign leadership is going to have to find the right balance. It's fine in the short term, since Pete Buttigieg started out entirely shoestring and not having a finance base... but I also believe after a good second quarter, a good third quarter, then Pete Buttigieg will have to shift focus back to the early states.

  3. Fred Espenak:

    The sad fact is, most eclipses don't occur close to home like (the one in August), so you can't drive to them. It requires being willing to do some international traveling, and you got to be OK with that, it's not something you can do on a shoestring, usually.

  4. Andrew Green:

    They’re expected to do all of this with a shoestring budget, and so, this is a wakeup call, potentially, that cities need to start looking at how seriously they’re taking their own cybersecurity posture.

  5. Duncan Hunter:

    The entire operating budget of the US Coast Guard is $9 billion, it's a shoestring budget.

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