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pinch
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of PINCH
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to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep <pinched the earrings while the boutique owner was distracted by another customer>
Synonyms appropriate, boost [slang], filch, heist, hook, lift, misappropriate, nick [British slang], nip, pilfer, pinch, pocket, purloin, rip off, snitch, swipe, thieve
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to take or keep under one's control by authority of law <pinched the purse snatcher just two blocks from where he had robbed the old lady>
Synonyms apprehend, bust [slang], collar, nab, nail, nick [British slang], pick up, pinch, pull in, restrain, run in, seize
Related Words bag, capture, catch, get, grab, grapple, hook, land, snap (up), snare, snatch, trap; commit, confine, detain, hold, immure, imprison, incarcerate, intern, jail, jug, lock (up); bind, enchain, fetter, handcuff, manacle, shackle, trammel; rearrest; remand
Antonyms discharge
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to avoid unnecessary waste or expense <if we pinch hard for the upcoming year, we can probably afford the vacation at that fancy resort>
Related Words conserve, husband, maintain, manage, preserve; scrape; cut back, cut down, retrench; hoard, lay up
Near Antonyms blow, dissipate, fritter (away), lavish, misspend, run through, spend, squander, throw away; splurge
Antonyms waste
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