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Collocations for cheap - adj.

1. low price

VERBS

be, be going
a brand new radio going cheap
buy sth, get sth, sell sth
They're selling fabrics cheap this week.
not come
Shoes like that don't come cheap.

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ADVERB

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
amazingly, incredibly, remarkably, ridiculously
It's a good restaurant, and incredibly cheap.
comparatively, reasonably, relatively
not exactly (esp. BrE)
At £60 000 the car is not exactly cheap (= it is very expensive).
buy sth on the cheap, get sth on the cheap
The school managed to get a couple of computers on the cheap.

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2. poor quality

VERBS

be, look
The glasses are plain without looking cheap.

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PHRASES

cheap and nasty (BrE)
The bag looks cheap and nasty.

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Cheap is used with these nouns:
alternative, beer, booze, champagne, cigar, clothes, commodity, copy, cosmetic, cut, electricity, end, energy, fare, finance, flight, food, furniture, gag, goods, heroin, hotel, housing, imitation, import, jewellery, labour, laugh, mortgage, motel, offer, option, perfume, price, rate, rent, restaurant, shot, source, substitute, talk, textile, thrill, transport, transportation, travel, trick, version, whisky, wine

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