to cost a pretty
1cost a pretty penny — old fashioned phrase to cost a lot of money Thesaurus: to cost a lot of moneysynonym Main entry: pretty …
2cost a pretty penny — cost a lot of money, had a high price Elvis bought a new pink Cadillac. I bet that cost a pretty penny …
3cost a pretty penny — • to cost a pretty penny • to spend a pretty penny (from Idioms in Speech) to cost (spend) a large amount of money It cost him a pretty penny, that spree. (K. Prichard) They were genuine cowhide and all that crop and they cost quite a pretty… …
4cost a pretty penny — If something costs a pretty penny, it costs a lot of money. Steve s new car must have cost a pretty penny! …
5cost a pretty penny — cost (someone) a pretty penny to be very expensive. That diamond ring must have cost him a pretty penny …
6cost a pretty penny — verb To be expensive. It costs a pretty penny See Also: pretty penny …
7cost a pretty penny — old fashioned to cost a lot of money …
8cost a pretty penny — was quite expensive …
9it cost a pretty penny — it was quite expensive, it cost quite a lot …
10pretty — 1 / prIti/ adverb (+ adj/adv) spoken 1 fairly, though not completely: I m pretty sure he ll say yes. | Life on the farm was pretty tough. see rather 2 very: It s pretty hard to see how we ll manage. 3 pretty well also pretty much very nearly;… …
