cheap out
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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We definitely did not cheap out at the end.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
PowerA omitted impulse trigger rumble, but if there’s any feature to cheap out on, I’d say that’s the right choice.
From The Verge ● May 25, 2022
Heaven is, in fact, a corporate cheap out of the ultimate mountain lodge vacation, full of technicolor fall foliage yet rife with algorithmic glitches, causing him to sometimes long for authentic death.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 21, 2020
You certainly don’t want to cheap out on important products or materials, but there are ways to trim your budget without sacrificing the quality of the workmanship.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 26, 2018
We sha'n't have to depend upon them as our main staple, in future; for fruit is dirt cheap, out there, and one does not want much meat.
From With Kitchener in the Soudan A Story of Atbara and Omdurman by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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