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for a song

for a song prepositional phrase: for a very low price; very cheaply.

Prepositional phrase

  1. (idiomatic) For a very low price; very cheaply.
    • They remembered then that they could have bought for a song canvases which now were worth large sums.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter 48, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC
    • [T]he contents of aircraft that once commanded prices up to $148m are now being sold off for a song after being torn apart in Gloucestershire's aviation charnel house.2009 December 11, “Jet Cemetery: Where Airplanes Go to Die”, in Businessweek

for a song meaning in Tamil

for a song in Tamil

மிக மலிவாக

Forms of for a song

alternative formfor a song and a dance

Questions about for a song

What does for a song mean?
For a song means for a very low price; very cheaply.
What is for a song in Tamil?
For a song in Tamil is மிக மலிவாக. See For a song meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is for a song?
For a song is a prepositional phrase.

Words near for a song in the dictionary

  1. for $500, Alex
  2. for a change
  3. for a fact
  4. for a laugh
  5. for a minute
  6. for a song
  7. for a song and a dance
  8. for a song and dance
  9. for a start
  10. for a time
  11. for a while

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Adapted from Wiktionary: for a song (page history and authors); for a song (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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