on the cheap

prepositional phrase

Synonym of cheaply or economically.

“Well, if you buy things on the cheap what do you expect?”

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cheaply or economically
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. informalSynonym of cheaply or economically.

    Would I take someone here for a first date? No. Would I go here for a cheap bite? Also no, but would I go here to get drunk on the cheap? Absolutely.

    2023 July 21, Billie Schwab Dunn, “I Tried Wetherspoons Food for the First Time-I Feared I'd Get Scurvy...”, in Daily Star

    Synonyms: cheaply or economically

  2. informalToo cheaply or economically, inexpensive and affordable to the point of substandard quality.

    Well, if you buy things on the cheap what do you expect?

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseSynonym of cheaply or economically.

Similar
cheaply or economically

Translations

Finnish halvalla
  • halvallatoo economically
Russian по дешёвке
  • по дешёвке (po dešóvke)too economically
Spanish de baratillo
  • de baratillotoo economically
Vietnamese rẻ tiền
  • rẻ tiềntoo economically
Cite this entry
APA

on the cheap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20cheap

MLA

“on the cheap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20cheap. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “on the cheap,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/on%20the%20cheap.

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