pay one's way

Example Sentences

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Of course, like any other function it can be abused; just as hunger may become gluttony, sleeping may become sluggishness, getting the money to pay one's way through life may become ferocious avarice.

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“One just gets enough to live upon and pay one’s way; and one could do that anywhere, without leading such a life as this.”

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Rent has to be paid, butchers demand payment for their meat … I'm speaking figuratively, of course, for I'm a vegetarian myself … and one must pay one's way.

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