pay for something

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

pay for sth phrasal verb [ paid for sth paid for sth paid for sth pays for sth paying for sth ]
to be punished for doing something bad to someone else, or to suffer because of a mistake that you made
• We all pay for our mistakes in some way at some time.
• He tricked me and I'm going to make him pay for it!
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Experiencing and suffering
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