pay the price

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pay the price (third-person singular simple present pays the price, present participle paying the price, simple past and past participle paid the price)

  1. To incur the negative consequences of (one’s own or someone else’s) actions or decisions.
    Synonyms: face the music, pay the piper
    Hyponym: pay the ultimate price
    • 2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC‎[1]:
      Yet United may have paid the price for overconfidence as they completely lost their concentration after 10 minutes to let Wolves back in.
    • 2021 December 29, “Labour demands NPR action after "rail betrayal"”, in RAIL, number 947, page 7:
      Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said ahead of the vote: "Northern communities are, once again, paying the price for broken Tory promises on rail.
    • [2022 April 29, Nike Ching, “US: No Sign Russia-Ukraine Negotiations Will Bear Fruit”, in Voice of America‎[2], archived from the original on 29 April 2022, Ukraine:
      "China will pay a price if it is seen as assisting Russia — either providing a direct assistance, particularly military assistance, or assisting Russia in evading sanctions," Chollet told VOA.]

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