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cheap out

British

verb

informal (intr, adverb) to take the cheapest option; try to do something as cheaply as possible

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We definitely did not cheap out at the end.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

I think people often cheap out on a blender for their home kitchen.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2022

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

Human life has always been held cheap out here.

From In the Mahdi's Grasp by Speed, Lancelot

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