Idiom:
Pull strings (use influence)
Hit the book:
Stove
Swap
Convert
Hose
Unfazed
Awkward
Be obsessed with
Tinker
"We were running out of money and had a binding lease for three years for a large and expensive office. The first real cut I could make was to stop renting my home, which would give me another wage but meant I had to move into the office."