cheap out

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cheap out (third-person singular simple present cheaps out, present participle cheaping out, simple past and past participle cheaped out)

  1. (informal) To reduce costs on a project or product to an unreasonable degree; to cut corners.

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While the verb cheapen is generally more common than cheap, this phrasal verb is an exception.

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