English

Verb

pay the price

1. To incur the negative consequences of one's decision.
   • 2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:

     Yet United may have paid the price for overconfidence as they completely lost their concentration after 10 minutes to let Wolves back in.

Synonyms

• pay the penalty, pay the piper