at the expense of
Prepositional phrase
  1. (finance) Paid for by an individual or group.
  2. (by extension, idiomatic) At one's responsibility.
  3. (figurative) In a way as to harm somebody or something; to the detriment of.
  4. (figurative, humorous) Making somebody seem foolish following a joke aimed at them.



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