pay forsomething
phrasal verbwithpayverbuk/peɪ/us/peɪ/paid|paid
C2
to bepunishedfor doing somethingbadto someoneelse, or tosufferbecause of amistakethat you made:
We allpayforourmistakesin some way at sometime.
Hetrickedme and I'm going to make himpayfor it!
Experiencing and suffering
- (straight) from the horse's mouthidiom
- afflict
- affliction
- almost/nearly die ofsomethingidiom
- be a martyr tosomethingidiom
- be a victim ofyourown successidiom
- bear
- count
- get the short end of the stickidiom
- get/haveyourfingers burnedidiom
- go through
- grip
- hands-on
- horse
- ride
- seat-of-the-pants
- see lifeidiom
- stricken
- survive
- taste