set sb back (sth)
informal — phrasal verb with set /set/ verb (present tense setting, past tense and past participle set)Definition
› to cost someone a large amount of money: Buying that suit must have set you back. That new car looks as if it set you back a bit, Geoff.Costing too muchExpensive and luxuriousPaying and spending money
(Definition of set sb back (sth) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- at/for a price idiom
- break the bank idiom
- capital intensive adjective
- clobber verb (HIT)
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
- cost sb a pretty penny idiom
- cost sb dear idiom
- costly adjective (EXPENSIVE)
- exorbitant adjective
- extortionate adjective
- it'll cost you idiom
- not come cheap idiom
- out of sight idiom
- over the odds idiom
- overpriced adjective
- prohibitive adjective
- punitive adjective
- sky-high adjective, adverb
- steep adjective (TOO MUCH)
- stiff adjective (SEVERE)
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