Meaning of cheap out | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To reduce costs on a project or product to an unreasonable degree; to cut corners.
   informal
2. To act cheap; to unreasonably refuse to spend money.
   informal
3. To be too stingy to achieve a purpose or provide a promised product/service/project.
   informal, intransitive

Examples

“That's not the kind of product you want to cheap out on.”

“I could never marry someone who cheaps out like that.”

“I was cheaped out of having a good vacation because the hotel's marketing misled me.”

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