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short-change
short-change somebody
(informal) to cheat someone by giving them less than they expected (usually passive) No one told me the film was only an hour long - I was short-changed!
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Hayk | | - | Armenian |
| Irwin | | ['ə:win] | |
| Samira (2) | | - | Indian, Marathi, Hindi, Telugu |
| Yehu' | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| VilĈJo | | VEEL-chyo | Esperanto |
| LucÍA | | loo-THEE-ah (Spanish), loo-SEE-ah (Latin American Spanish) | Spanish |