Nurse
Nurse verb - To use or give out in stingy amounts.
Usage example: he carefully nursed his energy during the marathon so that he would have something left for the final stretch
Spare
Spare verb - To use or give out in stingy amounts.
Usage example: I'll have a banana split—and don't spare the whipped cream
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Having dispatched all of his assailants, Kid Miracleman is about to spare the life of the one nurse who had been kind to him.
Source: Slave to PR - Family Guy: In an early episode, Death comes for Peter, but twists his ankle and the Griffins nurse him back to health in the hopes that he'll spare Peter out of gratitude.
Source: Sex for Services - If that person puts it off too long, the nurse might go up the chain of command until he gets to someone with enough spare time to take care of it.
Source: Delegation Relay
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