Idiom
hold cheap
Meaning
To have a low esteem for (someone or something); to hold in contempt; to look down upon.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“Do not hold his honest advice so cheap.”
“She felt hurt because her colleagues seemed to hold her hard work cheap.”
“The arrogant leader held the opinions of his advisors cheap, eventually leading the entire organization toward a disastrous outcome.”
Examples
simple
“Do not hold his honest advice so cheap.”
contextual
“She felt hurt because her colleagues seemed to hold her hard work cheap.”
complex
“The arrogant leader held the opinions of his advisors cheap, eventually leading the entire organization toward a disastrous outcome.”
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