# price out

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/price-out
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To exclude (someone) from a market due to rising or unaffordable prices.

## Examples

- High rents price out many local families.
- Rising property values in the city center continue to price out young professionals who want to live near their offices.
- As luxury developers transformed the neighborhood, the resulting surge in property taxes effectively priced out the long-term residents who had anchored the community for decades.

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