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pay one’s dues

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pay one’s dues

tv. to serve one’s time in a menial role. (see also pay one’s dues (to society).) I spent some time as a bus boy, so I’ve paid my dues in the serving business.

See also: due, pay

pay one’s dues

verb

See pay one’s dues to society

See also: due, pay