pay the price :
2. [Fig.] to suffer the consequences for doing something or risking something.
- Oh, my head! I am paying the price for drinking too much last night.
... McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002
pay the price:
to accept the unpleasant results of what you have done
- She dropped all her friends when she met Steve and now that he's gone, she's paying the price. She has no one to turn to. (often + for )
- I have paid the price for working nonstop - my health has suffered.
.... Cambridge Idioms Dictionary
pay the price also pay a price:
to accept the unpleasant results of something. = pay the piper
- He achieved great fame in his later years, but he certainly paid the price.
- Professional athletes often pay a price for the beating their bodies have taken.
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