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hell to pay
noun as in discipline
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When she finds out, there is hell to pay.
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In December, he said there would be "all hell to pay" if hostages were not released by the time he took office.
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He took to Truth Social to call it "sick and twisted" and warn that if members didn't release all the hostages there would be "hell to pay".
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The president warned residents of Gaza to leave and said there would be "hell to pay" if all hostages weren't released.
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He had publicly warned of "hell to pay" if Hamas did not agree to release the hostages.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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