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cost sb a pretty penny
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(Definition of cost sb a pretty penny from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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SMART Thesaurus: Large amounts of money
Synonyms and related words:
- a king's ransom idiom
- a small fortune idiom
- an arm and a leg idiom
- big bucks noun
- big money noun
- bomb noun (MONEY)
- cost, charge, etc. the earth idiom
- fortune noun (WEALTH)
- good money noun
- handsome adjective (LARGE AMOUNT)
- make a pile idiom
- mint noun (MONEY)
- not to be sneezed at idiom
- packet noun (MONEY)
- pot noun (CONTAINER)
- riches noun
- tidy adjective (LARGE)
- wealth noun (MONEY)
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