come cheap

idiom

: to be available at a low price
usually used in negative statements
These materials don't come cheap.

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The tradition doesn’t come cheap and boosting budgets to accommodate the tariffs will likely not be popular. Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025 After Cooper Flagg Comments Adding James would not come cheap for the Cavaliers. Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 June 2025 Neither will come cheap, though, and funds have so far been prioritised for the No 10 positions, with United hopeful that Bryan Mbeumo follows Matheus Cunha through the door. Dan Sheldon, New York Times, 22 June 2025 Doubling the grid, by anyone’s definition, doesn’t come cheap. Peter Follows, Forbes.com, 14 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for come cheap

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“Come cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20cheap. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.

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