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.

pay one’s dues

verb

See pay one’s dues to society

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Passang	-	Tibetan, Bhutanese
Artemius	-	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Shena	SHEE-nə	English (Modern)
ĄŽUolas	-	Lithuanian
Diana	die-AN-ə (English), dee-AH-nah (Italian, German, Dutch)	English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Catalan, German, Dutch, Danish, Swedish, Norwegian,
Buz	BUZ (English)	Biblical