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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Taking over city blocks, whether three or eight of them, comes at a cost, and liaising with the various business owners did not come cheap.
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Jay Glennie, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
Schwarber won't come cheap, but the Red Sox have money to spend and could have even more coming off the books.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Of course, five hours of screaming-fast inference processing doesn't come cheap.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
This lifestyle doesn’t come cheap, though; the cost of living is 19 percent higher than the national average.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 2025
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Jay Glennie, HollywoodReporter, 19 Sep. 2025
Schwarber won't come cheap, but the Red Sox have money to spend and could have even more coming off the books.
—Tim Crowley, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
Of course, five hours of screaming-fast inference processing doesn't come cheap.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025
This lifestyle doesn’t come cheap, though; the cost of living is 19 percent higher than the national average.
—Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 14 Sep. 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 20 Sep. 2025.
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