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short-change

VERB
cheat someone of fair share
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When time was up, some accused the organizers of a conspiracy to short-change the cake-eaters’ time.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 29, 2025

He denied that pressure to deliver promised investor returns caused the firm to short-change maintenance.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2022

With only two albums to her name, Eilish didn't need to short-change fans on some of their favourite songs, even if she has progressed musically since they were released.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2022

Pandemic preparedness would be a disastrously short-sighted priority to short-change, for at least three reasons.

From Washington Post • Aug. 2, 2021

A short-change artist, from whom we can never recover.

From The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on Rainy Days. by Hubbard, Elbert