WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
cheap′ shot′, 
    1. a covert, unsportsmanlike, and illegal act of deliberate roughness, esp. in football, often calculated to injure an opponent.
    2. any mean or unsportsmanlike remark or action, esp. one directed at a defenseless or vulnerable person.

Collocations: was a [nasty, lousy, tricky, unexpected] cheap shot, that was a cheap shot, taking cheap shots at me, more...

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