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
It was a cheap shot consistent with the verbal sucker punches Brooks had earlier hurled in James’ direction.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
Even people who adored Manolete always managed to tack on some gratuitous cheap shot about the unpleasantness of his face.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2022
“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
