describes a situation when someone back out of something out of stinginess and got away with not having to even spend a penny

(adjective) old-fashioned; conservative; introverted; reticent

Compressed air

(adj.) to describe someone who is not willing to spend money;a cheapskate; to be tight with money; stingy

(adjective) stealthy; furtive; surreptitiously; sneaky;timid; ill at ease; hesitant; indecisive; curled up (due to coldness)

the act of being secretive in doing something; being excessively cautious

Retracted

hide in the corner

curl up (spoken)

hide in the corner

stingy and scheming selfishly; petty shrewdness; bean counter

(slang) to get cold feet; to renege; (of something) to chicken out; to give up

reduce on costs or expenditure (spoken)

Narrowing; to shrink; to reduce

shorten; downsizing

condensation polymerization; polycondensation

(verb) dodge; sidestep; to avoid; to evade; to keep away from

coward; timid; fainthearted; recoil in fear; shrink from responsibility

(noun) a chicken (coward); a coward; a quitter; to describe someone who shies away from difficulties / challenges / responsibilities; to describe someone who pulls out of doing something the last minute

(slang) (of people) selfish; stingy; scheming selfishly; petty shrewdness; bean counter; crafty

(noun) a folding umbrella

(phrasal verb, with a negative connotation) to come up with some ideas / tricks so as to reduce the cost or stop spending more than one wants; to be stingy and scheming selfishly with no consideration for others

stealthy; furtive

being secretive in doing thing(s); to avoid being seen

(verb) Cringe

(verb) Zoom out

(verb) Shorten

get the fuck off me; get the fuck out of here [colloquial]

to chicken out; to go back on one's word [colloquial]

get the fuck off me; get the fuck out of here [colloquial]