knocksomeoneback (something)
phrasal verbwithknockverbuk/nɒk/us/nɑːk/
UKinformaltocostsomeone alargeamountofmoney:
Ibetthatcomputerknockedyou back several hundred.
to have a certain monetary value
- costHiring a car for the week will cost close to £300!
- beThe cakes were £1.50 each or two for £2.
- sell forThe tickets sell for £100 each.
- fetchThe medieval manuscript fetched a record-breaking £1.2 million at auction.
- go for somethingHouses around here usually go for about £500,000.
- set someone back (something)Phew, that ring looks like it set you back.
Costing too much
- a bottomless pitidiom
- bottomless
- capital intensive
- cheap
- cheap at half the priceidiom
- cost an arm and a leg/a small fortuneidiom
- costsomeonea pretty pennyidiom
- costsomeonedearidiom
- daylight robbery
- dear
- exorbitant
- gouge
- outprice
- pretty
- price fixing
- pricesomeoneout
- priceyourselfout of the marketidiom
- prohibitive
- prohibitively
- sight