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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Raising a child in the U.S. doesn't come cheap, with one recent analysis finding parents will spend about $300,000 to raise a child to age 18.
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Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2025
That said, his new contract and signing bonus shouldn’t come cheap.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The kids are terrors so babysitting does not come cheap.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
On Thursday, state lawmakers from both parties reminded them all that none of their asks would come cheap, if they get funded at all.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2025
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Anne Marie D. Lee, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2025
That said, his new contract and signing bonus shouldn’t come cheap.
—Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
The kids are terrors so babysitting does not come cheap.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
On Thursday, state lawmakers from both parties reminded them all that none of their asks would come cheap, if they get funded at all.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2025
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“Come cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20cheap. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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