
What Does “pay dearly” mean?
Definition:
to suffer because of a particlar action.
Example(s)
If you don’t work hard, you will pay dearly for it.
This idiom is in the general category.

to suffer because of a particlar action.
If you don’t work hard, you will pay dearly for it.
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