cheap shot

noun
1.
a covert, unsportsmanlike, and illegal act of deliberate roughness, especially in football, often calculated to injure an opponent.
2.
any mean or unsportsmanlike remark or action, especially one directed at a defenseless or vulnerable person.
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cheap shot definition


  1. n.
    a remark that takes advantage of someone else's vulnerability. : It's easy to get a laugh with a cheap shot at cats.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Idioms & Phrases

cheap shot

An unfair or unsporting verbal attack, as in You called him an amateur? That's really taking a cheap shot. The term originated in sports, especially American football, where it signifies deliberate roughness against an unprepared opponent. [Slang; second half of 1900s]

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Example sentences
But you also knew he'd never belittle you, he'd never take a cheap shot.
But that would be too easy, and a cheap shot to boot.
It is an easy, simplistic cheap shot to blame immigrants for all of these.
The so-called vote of no confidence amounted to only a cheap shot against the
  chief.
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