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cheaply, easily, reasonably, for a song, Brit for twopence or
tuppence: She has sold cheap that which she holds most dear.
--n. 7 on the cheap. inexpensively, reasonably, cheaply, at or
below cost, for a song, Brit for twopence or tuppence; Slang for
peanuts: We buy these watches on the cheap and sell them to
tourists.
cheat n. 1 swindler, deceiver, impostor, fraud, faker, fake,
swindler, trickster, confidence man, con man, operator,
charlatan, mountebank, rogue, shark, Colloq phoney or US also
phony, US snake-oil artist: It is amazing how many cheats are
out there waiting to take advantage of you.
--v. 2 swindle, deceive, bilk, trick, con, take, fleece,
defraud, euchre, hoax, hoodwink, Colloq con, take in, rook,
flimflam, finagle, diddle, fiddle, move the goalposts,
bamboozle, take for a ride; Slang rip off: His own solicitor
cheated him out of his inheritance. If you paid ten pounds for
that painting, you were cheated.
check v. 1 stop, arrest, stay, halt, obstruct, block, limit; retard,
slow, brake, curb, hinder, hamper, impede, thwart: They are
trying to check the spread of the disease in West Africa. 2
restrain, control, repress, stay, inhibit, contain, curb,
restrict: The animal population is checked only by availability
of food. 3 authenticate, verify, confirm, substantiate,
validate, corroborate, check into, check out, check up on:
Please check his story to make sure he's not lying. 4 enquire
about or after or into, check into, check (up) on, examine,
investigate, inspect, make sure of, verify, monitor, test,
study, scrutinize: You'd best check the temperature in the
kiln. 5 correspond, coincide, agree, jibe, tally, conform,
check out, fit, mesh; compare: His alibi doesn't check with the
witness's statement. 6 check in. arrive, report: We check in
for work at 0800. 7 check in or into. register, sign in or on,
enrol, log in: We checked into the hotel. 8 check into.
investigate, check out, check up on, verify, check: The
detective checked into the backgrounds of all applicants. 9
check off. tick (off), mark, check: Check off the names in red.
10 check out. a depart, leave; go: He checked out of the hotel
and took a taxi to the airport. b investigate, research,
explore, enquire into, look into or at or over, scrutinize,