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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

cheap out en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (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.
  2. (informal, intransitive) To act cheap; to unreasonably refuse to spend money.
    • I could never marry someone who cheaps out like that.
  3. (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.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
cheaps out Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cheapen out alternative lexicographic
cheaped out Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cheaped out Tense=Past lexicographic
cheaping out Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic