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pay for sth phrasal verb
phrasal verb
Definition
to be punished for doing something bad to someone else, or to suffer because of a mistake that you made
We all pay for our mistakes in some way at some time.
He tricked me and I'm going to make him pay for it!
(Definition of pay for sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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