come cheap
idiom
: to be available at a low price
—usually used in negative statements
These materials don't come cheap.
Examples of come cheap in a Sentence
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That sort of world-building for your pet won’t come cheap.
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
At £40, this doesn’t come cheap and does have a slightly off-putting plastic smell.
—Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 27 Sep. 2024
These upgrades don’t come cheap, though – the PS5 Pro price tag is a gut punch at US$700 (£700, €800, AU$1,200).
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2024
Dance requires not only costumes and lighting and so on, not to mention dancers who need to eat, but rehearsal space, and space often does not come cheap.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2024
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Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
At £40, this doesn’t come cheap and does have a slightly off-putting plastic smell.
—Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 27 Sep. 2024
These upgrades don’t come cheap, though – the PS5 Pro price tag is a gut punch at US$700 (£700, €800, AU$1,200).
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 10 Sep. 2024
Dance requires not only costumes and lighting and so on, not to mention dancers who need to eat, but rehearsal space, and space often does not come cheap.
—Annie Nova, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2024
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“Come cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20cheap. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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