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HELL TO PAY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hell to pay mean?
• HELL TO PAY (noun)
The noun HELL TO PAY has 1 sense:
1. dire consequences
Familiarity information: HELL TO PAY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dire consequences
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
when the pig ran away there was hell to pay
Hypernyms ("hell to pay" is a kind of...):
consequence; import; moment (having important effects or influence)
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