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