"cheap out" meaning in English

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Verb

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) To reduce costs on a project or product to an unreasonable degree; to cut corners. Tags: informal Synonyms: cheapen out
    Sense id: en-cheap_out-en-verb-74la53QX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (out)

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