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pays the penalty

pays the penalty is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pay the penalty.

Meaning of pay the penalty

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To incur negative consequences of one's deeds; to suffer as a result of some choice.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see pay, the, penalty.

Questions about pays the penalty

What is pays the penalty the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Pays the penalty is the third-person singular simple present indicative of pay the penalty.

Words near pays the penalty in the dictionary

  1. pays respect
  2. pays someone's way
  3. pays the bills
  4. pays the fiddler
  5. pays the freight
  6. pays the penalty
  7. pays the piper
  8. pays the price
  9. pays the rent
  10. pays the ultimate price
  11. pays through the nose

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