pay the piper
[ pahy-per ]
Synonyms for pay the piper
- be forced
- bow to fate
- cross the Rubicon
- face the music
- have no choice
- know no alternative
- leap into the breach
- seize the opportunity
- stand up and take it
- suck it up
- swallow the pill
- take it
- take one's medicine
- take the rap
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RELATED WORDS AND SYNONYMS FOR PAY THE PIPER
- be punished
- 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
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