for a song

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   very cheaply; at a low price

   Ten years ago He came and paid for Cosette I let her go for a song It's time we settled the debt This'll cost him dear!

   Tell you what, you give me a dollar for a song, I'll throw in the paper.

In the movies · 3

• Tell you what, you give me a dollar for a song, I'll throw in the paper.Venom2018
• Ten years ago He came and paid for Cosette I let her go for a song It's time we settled the debt This'll cost him dear!Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• You dumped the business for a song.The Great Muppet Caper1981
• And August could get any act for a song.Water for Elephants2011
• Yes. That's it. That's the song.The Spectacular Now2013
• Love this song.Crazy, Stupid, Love.2011
• It's... it's our song.Begin Again2013
• Goddess of song.The Phantom of the Opera2004

From the same entry

• a song and dance
• on song
• sing from the same hymn sheet