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cost
verb
to be expensive UK, 1933- That double click will cost you. — New Scientist, 12 June 2004
▶ cost a bomb
to be very, or unexpectedly, expensive UK, 1984- A word to the wise–he’d be better off steering clear of the cafe; the muffins cost a bomb. — Guardian, 21 November 2002
▶ cost a packet
to be very, or unexpectedly, expensive UK, 1984- Getting from Sardinia to Sicily would cost a packet. — The Observer, 7 November 1993
▶ cost an arm and a leg
to be very, or unexpectedly, expensive US, 1956- [It] costs you an arm or leg to get it back–worse if you try to climb over the barbed wire. — Andrew Nickolds, Back to Basics, p. 36, 1994
- [B]uses still far too infrequent, taxis which cost an arm and a leg, average road speeds down to 10mph[.] — Guardian, 13 March 2003
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