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pay the penalty
pay the penalty
pay the penalty
1.
Lit.
to pay a fine for doing something wrong.
You ran the red light and now you will have to pay the penalty.
2.
Fig.
to suffer the consequences for doing something wrong.
My head really hurts. I am paying the penalty for getting drunk last night.
See also:
pay
,
penalty
Common Names:
Name
Gender
Pronounced
Usage
Sebastjan
-
Slovene
Rab
-
Scottish
Radhika
-
Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil
Randall
['rændl]
Geoffrey
['dʒefri]
Beniamin
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Romanian, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
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