cheap out
To reduce costs on a project or product to an unreasonable degreeTo reduce costs on a project or product to an unreasonable degree; to cut corners.
Meaning
3 senses(informal, intransitive)To reduce costs on a project or product to an unreasonable degree; to cut corners.
That's not the kind of product you want to cheap out on.
(informal, intransitive)To act cheap; to unreasonably refuse to spend money.
I could never marry someone who cheaps out like that.
(informal, intransitive)To be too stingy to achieve a purpose or provide a promised product/service/project.
I was cheaped out of having a good vacation because the hotel's marketing misled me.
Examples
2 sentencesThat's a cheap cop-out.
ruЭто дешёвая отмазка. — marafon
It is cheaper to contract out that service than to have your staff do it themselves.
Forms
cheaps out, cheaping out, cheaped out, cheaped out| Base form | cheap out · to cheap out |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | cheaps out |
| Present participle | cheaping out |
| Past simple | cheaped out |
| Past participle | cheaped out |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.