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  • 51pay tribute to someone — pay tribute/homage/to someone phrase to say or do something that shows you respect and admire someone a lot We are here tonight to pay tribute to one of the greatest actors of all time. Thesaurus: to praise someone or somethingsynonym Main en …

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  • 52pay homage to someone — pay tribute/homage/to someone phrase to say or do something that shows you respect and admire someone a lot We are here tonight to pay tribute to one of the greatest actors of all time. Thesaurus: to praise someone or somethingsynonym Main en …

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  • 53pay a call — {v. phr.} To visit someone. * / Come and pay us a call some time, when you re in town, Sue said to Henry./ …

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  • 54pay a call — {v. phr.} To visit someone. * / Come and pay us a call some time, when you re in town, Sue said to Henry./ …

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  • 55Pay through the nose — is an English expression. To pay through the nose for an item is to pay a very high price for that item.There are several competing folk derivations of this phrase, but they are regarded by philology as somewhat far fetched.One derivation holds… …

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  • 56pay court to — To woo or flatter • • • Main Entry: ↑court * * * I pay flattering attention to someone in order to win favor II see court * * * pay court to formal + old fashioned : to give a lot of attention to (someone) in order to get approval, affection, etc …

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  • 57Pay-per-view — (often abbreviated PPV) is the system in which television viewers can purchase events to be seen on TV and pay for the private telecast of that event to their homes. The event is shown at the same time to everyone ordering it, as opposed to video …

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  • 58pay court to someone — literary phrase to try to make someone like you by showing them how much you admire or love them Thesaurus: to start a romantic or sexual relationshipsynonym Main entry: pay …

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  • 59Pay Cards! — was an American syndicated game show that first aired from 1968 69. A Canadian version of Pay Cards! ran in 1973 and a revival, called Super Pay Cards!, ran in 1981 82. The U.S. version was taped in both New York and Cincinnati, while both… …

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  • 60pay your respects — pay (your) respects to express your admiration or friendly feeling for someone. First I paid my respects to her parents and then went into to town to see some other people. Fans waited in the cold to pay their final respects to this fine athlete …

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