"cost dear" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: costs dear [present, singular, third-person], costing dear [participle, present], cost dear [participle, past], cost dear [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|cost<,,cost> dear}} cost dear (third-person singular simple present costs dear, present participle costing dear, simple past and past participle cost dear)
  1. (transitive with to) To be expensive.
    Sense id: en-cost_dear-en-verb-FegxsxaQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43
  2. (by extension) To cause a lot of pain or suffering. Tags: broadly Translations (Translations): käydä kalliiksi (jollekulle) (Finnish), coûter cher (French)
    Sense id: en-cost_dear-en-verb-U5bRWnM2 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: cost dearly

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