pay (redirected from pays dearly)

pay someone (for something) (with something)

to make payment with something to someone for something or for doing something. I will pay you for the loan you made me with the money I get from selling my car. I will pay you with a check.

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Crime doesn't pay give lip service to have the devil to pay He who pays the piper calls the tune hell to pay hit pay dirt If you pay peanuts, you get monkeys king's ransom pay pay a backhanded compliment pay a call pay a call on pay a visit pay an arm and a leg pay as you go pay attention pay back pay back in own coin pay by

pay compliment pay court to pay debt pay dividends pay down pay dues pay for pay heed to pay homage to pay in advance pay into pay its way pay lip service pay off pay on pay out pay over the odds pay own way pay respect

pay respects pay the penalty pay the piper pay the price pay through pay through the nose pay to do pay top dollar pay tribute to pay up pay way pound of flesh price one has to pay rob Peter to pay Paul There will be hell to pay there'll be hell to pay You get what you pay for You pays your money You pays your money and you takes your chance