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Discover Ludwig"came cheap" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
Generally it is used to emphasize that something was purchased or acquired for a lower-than-expected cost or price. Example: The new car we bought last month came cheap, so we had just enough left to take a nice vacation.
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None of this came cheap.
"Clinton learned that black votes came cheap," Mr. Rivers said.
Gunmen came cheap, and most of them had their own Kalashnikovs already.
This came cheap, because it was designed to be thrown away.
Labor came cheap from Grace Lutheran School, which turned loose its nursery-school students.
All this — plus warm hospitality and expert ski advice — came cheap.
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Custom architecture does not come cheap.
Farrell may not be Hannah, but he's one of the better guards in the league and came cheap--he was worth a No. 1.
Grand words come cheap.
None of this comes cheap.
Nor will it come cheap.
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