hold (someone or something) cheap

dated To regard someone or something with contempt, disrespect, or low esteem. He sought to lash out at a world that he felt had always held him cheap. Be warned. Hold my words cheap, and you shall suffer an untimely end. No, I don't trust Ronald at all—I hold schemers like him cheap.

See also: cheap, hold

See also:

lash up
love fest
pour scorn on (one's) head
heap scorn on (one's) head
heap/pour scorn on somebody/something
lash out
treat (one) like a dog
cock a snook
snook

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