cheap out

present singular third person cheaps out · participle present cheaping out · participle past cheaped out · past cheaped out · alternative cheapen out

1. informalintransitiveTo 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. informalintransitiveTo act cheap; to unreasonably refuse to spend money.

   I could never marry someone who cheaps out like that.

3. informalintransitiveTo 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.