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cheap shot

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a cheap shot
a criticism of someone that is not fair. She dismissed his comments as a 'cheap shot', saying that he was only concerned to defend himself. Federal bureaucracy is the target for every cheap shot artist (= someone who likes criticizing other people) in America.
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I felt like he took a cheap shot at me last year and I felt like they didn't penalize him the right way.
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