come cheap
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: to be available at a low price
—usually used in negative statements
These materials don't come cheap.
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His lawyers, who include a team from Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, an élite corporate law firm, don’t come cheap.
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Even a modest reduction in crop yields, courtesy of honeybees dying off or beekeepers quitting the business, would force the U.S. to import more produce—which, with tariffs looming, is unlikely to come cheap.
—Joanna Thompson, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025
Getting this sort of hands-on treatment doesn’t come cheap.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Embracing the bleeding edge of high-tech fashion eyewear doesn't come cheap, at nearly $400 for plano (non-vision-correcting) lenses and almost $600 for prescription.
—PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
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John Cassidy, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Even a modest reduction in crop yields, courtesy of honeybees dying off or beekeepers quitting the business, would force the U.S. to import more produce—which, with tariffs looming, is unlikely to come cheap.
—Joanna Thompson, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025
Getting this sort of hands-on treatment doesn’t come cheap.
—Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Embracing the bleeding edge of high-tech fashion eyewear doesn't come cheap, at nearly $400 for plano (non-vision-correcting) lenses and almost $600 for prescription.
—PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Come cheap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/come%20cheap. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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