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at the expense of

Meaning

(finance) Paid for by an individual or group.

(by extension, idiomatic) At one's responsibility.

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

(figuratively, humorous) Making somebody seem foolish following a joke aimed at them.

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Synonyms

covered by at the cost of at the price of to the detriment of financed by in a way that harms in order to cause harm to in order to harm paid for by so as to cause harm to so as to harm to cause harm to to harm to the disadvantage of to the harm of
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Antonyms

for to help in support of for the sake of for the benefit of in order to be useful to
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Examples

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. Jean de La Fontaine

The state is the great fictitious entity by which everyone seeks to live at the expense of everyone else. Frédéric Bastiat

Raillery is a mode of speaking in favor of one's wit at the expense of one's better nature. Montesquieu

A sure way to lose happiness, I found, is to want it at the expense of everything else. Bette Davis

The price of a laugh is too high, if it is raised at the expense of another. Dutch Proverb

You can never be happy at the expense of the happiness of others. Chinese Proverb

Words in the phrase

at the expense of

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at the exact time specified at the exchange at the expense at the extreme point of at the extremities at the eye