skin a flint (English, verb)
expansion: skin a flint (third-person singular simple present skins a flint, present participle skinning a flint, simple past and past participle skinned a flint)
Senses:
glosses: Go to great lengths to save or gain something, particularly money.
tags: excessive
figuratively
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see skin, a, flint.
Forms:
form: skins a flint
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: skinning a flint
tags: participle
present
form: skinned a flint
tags: participle
past
form: skinned a flint
tags: past