cheapen out

Verb

cheap out (third-person singular simple present cheaps out, present participle cheaping out, simple past and past participle cheaped out)

1. (informal, intransitive) To 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. (informal, intransitive) To act cheap; to unreasonably refuse to spend money.
   • I could never marry someone who cheaps out like that.
3. (informal, intransitive) To 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.