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paying one's own freight

paying one's own freight is the present participle and gerund of pay one's own freight.

Meaning of pay one's own freight

Verb

pay one's own freight (third-person singular simple present pays one's own freight, present participle paying one's own freight, simple past and past participle paid one's own freight)

  1. (colloquial, dated) Synonym of pay one's own way.
    • If any of you want a whacking lot of experience, lots of thrills to the minute and can pay your own freight, sign up for that trip to the land of the Northern Lights.1932, Delta Sigma Delta-Desmos, volume 38, page 151

Questions about paying one's own freight

What is paying one's own freight the present participle and gerund of?
Paying one's own freight is the present participle and gerund of pay one's own freight.

Words near paying one's own freight in the dictionary

  1. paying off
  2. paying off old scores
  3. paying one's addresses
  4. paying one's debt to society
  5. paying one's dues
  6. paying one's own freight
  7. paying one's own way
  8. paying one's respects
  9. paying one's way
  10. paying out
  11. paying overs

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