Thesaurus / pay the piper
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synonyms for pay the piper
- bite the bullet
- come to grips with
- be punished
- face the facts
- face up to
- face up to it
- grin and bear it
- look square in the eye
- swallow the pill
- take the consequences
- make one's bed and lie on it
- take one's lumps
- take one's medicine
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Sleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSNow, on my first day here, you pay me back for what I did then—as if it needed paying back!
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSON“We shall make Mr. Pickwick pay for peeping,” said Fogg, with considerable native humour, as he unfolded his papers.
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB, V. 2(OF 2)CHARLES DICKENSCondillac after the marquis's death had refused to pay tithes to Mother Church and has flouted and insulted the Bishop.
ST. MARTIN'S SUMMERRAFAEL SABATINIOf course, newly acquired Ferns will pay for extra attention in the way of watering until they have secured a proper roothold.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTINIn these enlightened days no man is imprisoned for owing money, but only because he does not pay it when told to do so.
SHOWELL'S DICTIONARY OF BIRMINGHAMTHOMAS T. HARMAN AND WALTER SHOWELLBut she was young enough and pretty enough to pay little heed to pose or background.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYThen, you know, she had no right to play in the Rooms again; she was supposed to pay her hotel bill, and leave Monte Carlo.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSONHe would fear what he did not understand, and he would bow down and pay homage to what he feared.
GOD AND MY NEIGHBOURROBERT BLATCHFORDOne day she had heard a man say, "If there is a drought we shall have the devil to pay with our stock before winter is over."
RAMONAHELEN HUNT JACKSONWORDS RELATED TO PAY THE PIPER
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