Idiom
pay the price
Meaning
To incur the negative consequences of (one’s own or someone else’s) actions or decisions.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“If you break the rules, you will pay the price.”
“He ignored his doctor's advice for years and is now paying the price with his health.”
“The company ignored the early warning signs of the market crash and eventually paid the price through a total loss of investor confidence.”
Examples
simple
“If you break the rules, you will pay the price.”
contextual
“He ignored his doctor's advice for years and is now paying the price with his health.”
complex
“The company ignored the early warning signs of the market crash and eventually paid the price through a total loss of investor confidence.”
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