pay dearly
idiom
: to suffer a lot as a result of something one has done
She paid dearly for her mistakes.
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Just 1:58 into the second stanza, Archbishop Williams was assessed a cross-checking penalty, and the Knights made the Bishops pay dearly 16 seconds later.
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
But some men pay dearly for the privilege of stewardship.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
But some men pay dearly for the privilege of its stewardship.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
The first, as exemplified by the retreat from Kherson, the mobilization of reservists, and the construction of new barriers, is to create a dense defense and make the Ukrainians pay dearly for every effort to recover territory.
—Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2023
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Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
But some men pay dearly for the privilege of stewardship.
—Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
But some men pay dearly for the privilege of its stewardship.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024
The first, as exemplified by the retreat from Kherson, the mobilization of reservists, and the construction of new barriers, is to create a dense defense and make the Ukrainians pay dearly for every effort to recover territory.
—Barry R. Posen, Foreign Affairs, 4 Jan. 2023
See All Example Sentences for pay dearly
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“Pay dearly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pay%20dearly. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.
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