Cheap out

Verb

Definitions

1.VerbTo reduce costs on a project or product to an unreasonable degree; to cut corners.

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

2.VerbTo act cheap; to unreasonably refuse to spend money.

"I could never marry someone who cheaps out like that."

3.VerbTo be too stingy to achieve a purpose or provide a promised product/service/project.

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

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