"pay dearly" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: pays dearly [present, singular, third-person], paying dearly [participle, present], paid dearly [participle, past], paid dearly [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|pay<,,paid> dearly}} pay dearly (third-person singular simple present pays dearly, present participle paying dearly, simple past and past participle paid dearly)
  1. (figuratively) To suffer as a result of one's actions. Tags: figuratively Translations (Translations): payer cher (French)
    Sense id: en-pay_dearly-en-verb-DnCIXTWm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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