come cheap

phrase

: to be available at a low price
—usually used in negative statements
These materials don't come cheap.

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Talented young Brazilian wingers rarely come cheap, but the £85million ($116m) package Tottenham Hotspur agreed with Manchester City to sign Savio (formerly known as Savinho) feels overinflated. — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026 And that wouldn’t come cheap, said Timothy Geithner, a former New York Fed president and treasury secretary under President Barack Obama. — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026 Booking that experience doesn’t come cheap, and while there are many ways to get an upgrade, negotiating with the flight crew isn’t one of them. — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 4 Aug. 2026 Unsurprisingly, the only Cobra Daytona ever owned by Shelby won’t come cheap. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 28 July 2026 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 1 Sep. 2026.

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