for a song

idiom

chiefly US, informal
: for a very small amount of money
This old car can be bought/had for a song.

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The production bordered on method acting; for a song about fire, Wilson wore a fire helmet in the studio. CBS News, 11 June 2025 Not bad for a song Francis good-naturedly razzes now that she’s rediscovered it. Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 10 June 2025 This award is for a song's composition and goes to its songwriters. Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 26 Jan. 2025 Bombardier learned the hard way that challenging the two behemoths with a very good airplane (the C-Series) ended with Airbus buying the program for a song after years of moribund sales forcing Bombardier to exit the commercial transport aircraft business. Jerrold Lundquist, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for for a song

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“For a song.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/for%20a%20song. Accessed 27 Jun. 2025.

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