Pay (Idioms)

Pay sb's way

To pay for everything that you need or use yourself, rather than allowing or expecting other people to pay for you: Your children grow up and they start to pay their way.

Pay out (on sth)

To pay a lot of money to someone: A non-traditional insurance policy may pay out on much smaller individual losses.

Pay through the nose (for sth)

Pay more for sth that it is really worth

Pay sb a compliment (on sth)

To say sth good about sb's appearance or character

Pay sb back for sth

To make sb suffer for doing sth wrong

Pay the penalty

To experience sth unpleasant because you've done sth wrong