"cheap out" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cheaps out [present, singular, third-person], cheaping out [participle, present], cheaped out [participle, past], cheaped out [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} cheap out (third-person singular simple present cheaps out, present participle cheaping out, simple past and past participle cheaped out)
  1. (informal, intransitve) To reduce costs on a project or product to an unreasonable degree; to cut corners. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-cheap_out-en-verb-74la53QX
  2. (informal, intransitve) To act cheap; to unreasonably refuse to spend money. Tags: informal Synonyms: cheapen out
    Sense id: en-cheap_out-en-verb-bNG9ylm- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "out" Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 77 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "out": 17 69 14
  3. (informal, intransitive) To be too stingy to achieve a purpose or provide a promised product/service/project. Tags: informal, intransitive
    Sense id: en-cheap_out-en-verb-sFnEB0F4

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