"pay the price" meaning in All languages combined

See pay the price on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: pays the price [present, singular, third-person], paying the price [participle, present], paid the price [participle, past], paid the price [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|pay<,,paid> the price}} 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 decision. Synonyms: face the music, pay the piper, pay the penalty Hyponyms: pay the ultimate price Translations (to incur the negative consequences of one's decision): ausbaden (German), pagare lo scotto (Italian), pagarlo caro (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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