to pay someone
71pay packet — pay .packet n BrE 1.) the amount of money someone earns 2.) an envelope containing someone s wages …
72pay off — (someone) to give someone money illegally to get them to do what you want. The pair had paid off local police to protect their drug selling operation …
73pay heed to — formal phrase to give careful attention to someone’s advice or warning People should pay no heed to these ill informed views. Thesaurus: to pay attentionsynonym Main entry: heed …
74pay the price — ► to experience the bad result of something you have done or that someone else has done: »It is inexcusable for students to be paying the price for backroom deals in the student loan industry. Main Entry: ↑pay …
75pay your way — pay (your) way if someone pays their way, they pay for all the things they have or use. We ve always paid our own way and never taken a penny from the state …
76pay way — pay (your) way if someone pays their way, they pay for all the things they have or use. We ve always paid our own way and never taken a penny from the state …
77pay a call/visit — to go somewhere to visit someone She paid me a visit [=she came to visit me] while I was in the hospital. = She paid a call on me while I was in the hospital. • • • Main Entry: ↑pay …
78pay your respects — formal : to visit or speak with someone in a polite way as a sign of respect I went up to her after the meeting and paid my respects. We paid our last respects at his funeral. [=we went to his funeral as a sign of respect] • • • Main Entry: ↑pay …
79someone can stick something — impolite phrase used for saying very angrily that you do not want something that you have been given or are being offered You can stick your rotten job! tell someone where they can stick something/where to stick something: I told them where they …
80someone's shout — someone’s shout british informal phrase someone’s turn to pay for something, especially drinks Put your money away. It’s my shout. Thesaurus: miscellaneous paymentssynonym words used to describe payments and funding sourceshyponym Main entry …
