pay dearly
Verb
Meaning
pay dearly (third-person singular simple present pays dearly, present participle paying dearly, simple past and past participle paid dearly)
(figuratively) To suffer as a result of one's actions.
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Examples
One has to pay dearly for immortality; one has to die several times while one is still alive.
We always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.
It is the good children, Madame, who make the most terrible revolutionaries. They say nothing, they do not hide under the table, they eat only one sweet at a time, but later on, they make Society pay dearly for it!
Adversity is a great teacher, but this teacher makes us pay dearly for its instruction; and often the profit we derive, is not worth the price we paid.
If you buy cheaply, you pay dearly.
Life is a gift for which we pay dearly.