Idiom: Pay the price

 

"You have to pay the price."


Meaning

  • To experience the bad result of something you have done.
  • The phrase ‘Pay the price’ means to suffer the consequences of someone’s actions.

Synonym: suffer the consequences


Example Sentences

  • If you abuse your body now, you'll pay the price when you're older.
  • Jack drank so much last night! Now he’s paying the price for it.
  • He broke the law, so he has to pay the price.
  • When you carry excess weight, eventually your joints pay the price.
  • If we don't take a serious action to save the environment, the future generation will pay the price.
  • It is an unforgivable offense, and he deserves to pay the price for it.
  • Eventually, Lily begins to pay the price of her indiscreet behavior.
  • The world is full of conflict and dictatorship, hardship and poverty and it is the innocent victims who pay the price.
  • After some hesitation, he turned himself in to the police for the crime he committed and said he was willing to pay the price for what he'd done.
  • The UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said that "Ukraine is paying the price" for the West's failure to understand the threat posed by Vladimir Putin.
  • Civilians pay the greatest price when wars are fought in violation of international humanitarian law. 
  • The world’s poorest countries are paying the price of climate crisis they are least responsible for.

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