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cost somebody dear

if something that someone does, especially something stupid, costs them dear, it causes them a lot of problems Later that year he attacked a photographer, an incident that cost him dear.

See count the cost, and hang the cost

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Not an inch will be asked for or conceded and even the slightest of mistake can cost dear. It's do-or-die for Bahrain by Gulf Weekly Mohandoss) THREE missed catches and middle-order batting collapse cost dear for the BankMuscat-sponsored Team Oman in the final warm-up against Afghanistan by four wickets at the green-carpeted Benoni Willowmore Park yesterday. Afghanistan too good for Oman by Times of Oman (Muscat, Oman) After years of profligacy and Bush's ballooning deficits, there is too little money around for a raft of government projects that would cost dear. All sides are behaving as if Obama has it in the bag. And yet, and ... by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk			copulate with copy copy down copy out copy out of cordon cordon bleu cordon off core cork cork high and bottle deep cork up corner corner the market corner the market on corral correct correlate with correspond correspond to correspond with cost cost a bomb cost a pretty penny cost an arm and a leg cost dear cost out cotton cotton to cotton up to cotton-picking couch couch in couch potato cough cough head off cough out cough up could could be better could be worse could care less could do with could do with one arm tied behind back could fight a circle-saw could have fooled me could hear a pin drop Could I be excused? Could I call you? Could I come in? Could I get by, please?			cost centres Cost Change Action Request Cost Change Proposal Cost Closing Statement Cost Commitment Team Cost company arrangement Cost Company Arrangements Cost Comparison Form Cost Comparison Handbook Cost Component Analysis cost consultant cost containment cost containment cost containment Cost Containment Program Cost Containment Strategies cost contract Cost Control Cost Control Cost Control Cost Control Cost Control Board cost control callback Cost Control Program Cost Control Works Requisition Cost Credit cost cutting cost cutting Cost Data Plan Cost Data Summary Reports cost dear cost dearly cost dearly cost dearly cost dearly cost dearly cost depletion Cost Detail Accounting Number Cost Development Management System Cost Differential Cost Distribution Cost Distribution Account Cost Documentation Format Cost Driver Attribute Cost Driver Initiative Cost effective Cost effective Cost Effective Auditing and Documentation of Internal Systems Controls Cost Effective Automation Cost Effective Distance Learning Cost Effective Location Cost Effective Maintenance Management Cost Effective Modernisation of Systems Important to Safety Cost Effective RAID Controller Cost Effective/Effectiveness Cost effectiveness Cost effectiveness analysis Cost effectiveness analysis Cost Effectiveness Analysis of the Tactical Operations System Cost Effectiveness Ratio Cost Efficiency Factor

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