See in for a penny, in for a pound on Wiktionary
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{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "de perdidos al río"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "Expressing recognition that one must, having started something, see it through to its end, rather than stopping short thereof",
"word": "đâm lao thì phải theo lao"
}
],
"word": "in for a penny, in for a pound"
}
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