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.
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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
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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
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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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