pay debt

pay one's debt (to society)

Cliché to serve a sentence for a crime, usually in prison. The judge said that Mr. Simpson had to pay his debt to society. Mr. Brown paid his debt in state prison.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Thore	-	Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Prue	PROO	English
Mykyta	-	Ukrainian
Aage	-	Danish, Norwegian
Xiang	-	Chinese
Peter	['pi:tə]