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Meanings of pay the price in English

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Usage of pay the price in English
1
Being arrested didn't mean you would pay the price for your crimes.
Exit strategy
2
That way investors, not taxpayers, pay the price for reckless financial behavior.
Reuters
3
Then they fester, and I shall pay the price for my mistake.
Brisingr
4
Nevertheless we pay the price of this error and learn the lesson.
The Soul of Democracy / The Philosophy of the World War in Relat...
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Then last week Taseer became the first politician to pay the price.
The Guardian
6
That decision is theirs and they obviously pay the price for it.
News.com.au
7
Shippers pay the price in increased operating expenses, Panama in lost fees.
Wired
8
I wish to pay the price of it to this young Jew.
Oriental Encounters: Palestine and Syria, 1894-6
9
The only question is whether one is able to pay the price.
Zibeline — Volume 2
10
We pay the price -we, the small and powerless and poor.
After the Rain : how the West lost the East
11
Were I Pharaoh now I think your life would pay the price.
The Ancient Allan
12
Fortunately, it isn't Brother Rolf Hasty who has to pay the price.
Surrender to the will of the night
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We had to pay the price of blood for this beautiful country.
The Southerner: A Romance of the Real Lincoln
14
My blood had done it, but he was to pay the price.
Tales of Terror and Mystery
15
You should be big enough not to have to pay the price.
Star-Dust: A Story of an American Girl
16
While I have this happiness, I feel willing to pay the price.
The Port of Adventure
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