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pays one's own freight

pays one's own freight is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 pays one's own freight

What is pays one's own freight the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pays one's own freight is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pay one's own freight.

Words near pays one's own freight in the dictionary

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

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