chase pennies with dollars (English, verb)
expansion: chase pennies with dollars (third-person singular simple present chases pennies with dollars, present participle chasing pennies with dollars, simple past and past participle chased pennies with dollars)
Senses:
glosses: To expend more money or effort in gaining something (especially, a cost reduction or revenue addition) than it is worth.
tags: US
Forms:
form: chases pennies with dollars
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: chasing pennies with dollars
tags: participle
present
form: chased pennies with dollars
tags: participle
past
form: chased pennies with dollars
tags: past