pay the penalty (English, verb)
expansion: pay the penalty (third-person singular simple present pays the penalty, present participle paying the penalty, simple past and past participle paid the penalty)
Senses:
glosses: To incur negative consequences of one's deeds; to suffer as a result of some choice.
tags: idiomatic
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pay, the, penalty.
Forms:
form: pays the penalty
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: paying the penalty
tags: participle
present
form: paid the penalty
tags: participle
past
form: paid the penalty
tags: past