cheap shot

Example Sentences

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Indeed, one might ask whether everyone who is presuming that Smith did not follow department procedure is taking their own cheap shot.

From Slate • Oct. 7, 2024

This in some ways can be seen as a cheap shot, easily levelled by any critic.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2024

So here’s the question: Is it fair criticism, or a cheap shot?

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2024

“I took a cheap shot at the beginning of the Notre Dame game,” Henderson said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2023

“Natalie doesn’t like it either. She doesn’t like it one bit,” I say, although I know this is a cheap shot.

From "Al Capone Does My Shirts" by Gennifer Choldenko