on the cheap en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(informal) Synonym of cheaply or economically.
Would I take someone here for a first date? No. Would I go here for a cheap bite? Also no, but would I go here to get drunk on the cheap? Absolutely.
2023 July 21, Billie Schwab Dunn, “I Tried Wetherspoons Food for the First Time-I Feared I'd Get Scurvy...”, in Daily Star:
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(informal) Too cheaply or economically, inexpensive and affordable to the point of substandard quality.
Well, if you buy things on the cheap what do you expect?
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Translations (4)
fi halvalla (too economically) · vi rẻ tiền (too economically) · es de baratillo (too economically) · ru по дешёвке (too economically)