pays through the nose
pays through the nose is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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)
- 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 […]...
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