set sb back (sth)
informal— phrasal verb with set uk/set/us/set/verb present participle setting, past tense and past participle set
to cost someone a large amount of money:
Buying that suit must have set you back.
It's a handy gadget and will only set you back about $15.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Costing too much
- break
- capital intensive
- cheap
- cost
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortune idiom
- costly
- daylight robbery
- highway robbery
- knock
- knock sb back (sth)
- money pit
- not come cheap idiom
- odds
- over the odds idiom
- overcharge
- pretty
- pricey
- steep
- stiff
- usury
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