Definition
To incur the negative consequences of (one’s own or someone else’s) actions or decisions.
In Context
- "Yet United may have paid the price for overconfidence as they completely lost their concentration after 10 minutes to let Wolves back in."
- "Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh said ahead of the vote: "Northern communities are, once again, paying the price for broken Tory promises on rail."
- ""China will pay a price if it is seen as assisting Russia — either providing a direct assistance, particularly military assistance, or assisting Russia in evading sanctions," Chollet told VOA."