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at the expense of

prep

Definitions

  1. Paid for by an individual or group.

  2. At one's responsibility.

  3. In a way as to harm somebody or something

    In a way as to harm somebody or something; to the detriment of.

    • Bengali, like other Aryan languages of India, has spread, and is still spreading, at the expense of the aboriginal tongues.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Of a joke, deriding someone.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for at the expense of. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA