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be punished

VERB

face the music

Synonyms

WEAK

bite the bullet come to grips with face the facts face up to face up to it grin and bear it look square in the eye make one's bed and lie on it pay the piper swallow the pill take one's lumps take one's medicine take the consequences

VERB

pay

Synonyms

STRONGEST

compensate

STRONG

answer atone suffer

WEAK

suffer consequences

Antonyms

WEAK

earn lose

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"I'm sure they'll be punished for coming here today," he said.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

Those that fail to adapt will not need to be punished by fines that are often difficult to collect.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

However, they warn clients in a note that any deterioration in credit quality will be punished more severely and continue to see downside risk for the sector.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

The abolitionists also assert that women should be punished not for abortion but for homicide.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Because clearly we’d done something we were not supposed to do, and we knew we were going to be punished.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah

be punished

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