short-change (one)

To cheat someone out of the amount they had expected or were promised. Fast-food restaurants always short-change you on the soft drinks by filling the cups with ice. I feel like he short-changed the audience by finishing the concert after less than an hour.

See also:

get shortchanged
dick (someone) over
dick (someone) around
be under the pump
be as honest as the day is long
from there to here
honest as the day is long
(as) honest as the day is long
put (one) under the pump

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