pay the price
Accept the cost
To pay the price is to suffer the consequences of an action or decision, especially a foolish or risky one: He partied all semester and paid the price at finals.
The phrase implies that benefits came with hidden costs now coming due.
Sometimes used for accepting necessary sacrifices: If that's what it takes, I'll pay the price.
- pay the piperAccept due consequences
- consequenceResult of an action
- repercussionIndirect result of action
- face the musicAccept deserved consequences
- sufferExperience pain or distress
suffer the consequences · reap the whirlwind · penalty · punishment · comeuppance · retribution · take your lumps · atonement · forfeit · bear the brunt · take the fall · endure · pay dearly · restitution · fallout · pay the fiddler · remorse · reckoning
- disciplinemisconduct, violation, time-out, timeout, grounded
- accountabilityaccountability, responsibility, accountable, take responsibility, answerability
- consequencesconsequence, consequences, result, results, effect
- motivational phrasesdream big, try harder, no excuses, overcome, improve
- executionexecution, lethal injection, firing squad, gas chamber, electric chair
- punishmentsjail, prison, timeout, grounded, fine
consequences
pay the priceget away with it
walk away clean · slip through the cracks · beat the rap · skate by · luck out