hell to pay

Noun

Meaning

dire consequences

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

hobble pass mix discipline bind clutch jam mess embarrassment plight complication pinch predicament crunch pickle

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Antonyms

result success advantage solution resolution interpretation

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Hypernyms

moment consequence import

Examples

If my mom reads that I'm grammatically incorrect I'll have hell to pay. Larisa Oleynik

Hank Fisher would tell how he'd tried to break into the house and couldn't and there'd be others who would try to break into the house and there'd be hell to pay. Clifford D. Simak

If they make the deadline because the Shiites and Kurds essentially rammed a draft through over Sunni Arab objections, there will be hell to pay. Wayne White

when the pig ran away there was hell to pay Source: Internet

There was hell to pay. Source: Internet

There would be hell to pay. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

hell pig hell raising hell strip hell to the naw hell to the no hell vine