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going cheap

going cheap is the present participle and gerund of go cheap.

Meaning of go cheap

Verb

go cheap (third-person singular simple present goes cheap, present participle going cheap, simple past went cheap, past participle gone cheap)

  1. (informal) To be sold at a low price.
    • The manufacturer made too many of these phones, so now they're going cheap.

Questions about going cheap

What is going cheap the present participle and gerund of?
Going cheap is the present participle and gerund of go cheap.

Words near going cheap in the dictionary

  1. going by the name of
  2. going by the wayside
  3. going bye-bye
  4. going cahoots
  5. going chapter 11
  6. going cheap
  7. going commando
  8. going concern
  9. going concerns
  10. going country
  11. going crazy

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