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Phrase(s): pay the price
1. Lit. to pay the price that is asked for goods or services. (Usually implying that the price is high.) • If this is the quality of goods that you require, you will have to pay the price. 2. Fig. to suffer the consequences for doing something or risking something. • Oh, my head! I am paying the price for drinking too much last night.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs