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paid through the nose

paid through the nose is the simple past and past participle of pay through the nose.

Meaning of pay through the nose

Verb

pay through the nose (third-person singular simple present pays through the nose, present participle paying through the nose, simple past and past participle paid through the nose)

  1. (idiomatic) To pay an exorbitant or excessive amount, either in money or in some other manner.
    • Observe here the happy estate of our Ancestors under Monarchy, who, if they gained but this advantage […] of receiving a few good Grants, and enjoying a pittance of Freedom, once in 4 or 5 ages when their King was too young to play Rex, and there hapned a wise and honest Protector; yet were sure to...1650, G[eorge] W[alker], Anglo-tyrannus, or The Idea of a Norman Monarch, Represented in the Paralell Reignes of Henrie the Third and Charles Kings of England, […], London: […] George Thompson […]...

Questions about paid through the nose

What is paid through the nose the simple past and past participle of?
Paid through the nose is the simple past and past participle of pay through the nose.

Words near paid through the nose in the dictionary

  1. paid the penalty
  2. paid the piper
  3. paid the price
  4. paid the rent
  5. paid the ultimate price
  6. paid through the nose
  7. paid to play
  8. paid towards
  9. paid up
  10. paid with one's life
  11. paid-in

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