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Shoestring meaning
The string or lace used to secure a shoe to the foot; a shoelace. | An object that is long and thin, like a shoestring (sense 1). | An object that is long and thin, like a shoestring (sense 1).
Synonyms of Shoestring
Example sentences (20)
Adam Phillips, German romanticism, dollhouse museums — especially old ones run on shoestring budgets.
He explains how you blow up a car on a shoestring budget.
Magwenya confirmed that Ramokgopa’s office, which operates on a shoestring within the presidency, would not be given additional public funding.
On a shoestring budget, Leone brought to select theaters, and it proved to be a hit, even garnering praise from the likes of Stephen King.
Piers Baker took on an “unloved, run-down” The Sun Inn in Dedham with what he admitted was a shoestring budget in 2003 and has since transformed its fortunes.
Smith said airlines hit hard by past pandemic restrictions are operating on such shoestring budgets they have little leeway if something goes wrong.
Some serious reinforcements will be needed across the pitch but United will be working on a shoestring budget due to FFP restrictions.
That shoestring budget includes paying Marty Durlin $60,000 a year plus full medical, dental, and vision.
But shoestring funding and a thwarted tour let the production sit, disassembled and forgotten in storage, for 35 years.
Everybody's on a shoestring now, nobody has much spare cash," Ms Russell said.
Now they are hoping to win back their $1.2 million through the lawsuit they filed in Nebraska, while they continue to grow the medical marijuana businesses on a shoestring.
One was The Blair Witch Project – a shoestring American production that embraced the eerie lo-fi distortions of its camcorder and 16mm footage.
Thanks to researchers and conservationists, often working with shoestring budgets, comparatively more is known about fishing cats compared to some other small wildcat species.
The bottom line is we can't police on a shoestring.
The programme is all about tackling practical issues in homes on a shoestring budget, with a squad of cleaners and DIY aficionados revamping properties in just a single day.
To back up his claims, he pointed to his record at Burnley, ’s next opponent and the club he transformed over a decade by turning them into a consistent side on a shoestring budget.
Unpacked on two levels, unaware from the onset, we watch a shoestring-style theater troupe by the name of ““, attempt to stage a period piece drama about the complicated, and historic relationship of these two.
He cited declining advertising revenue, shoestring budgets and the challenge of monetising online content.
However, Hallmark Christmas movies are produced on a shoestring budget, costing around $2 million to make each.
It’s like a shoestring.