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pay the piper in American English to pay for one's pleasures or bear the consequences of one's actions See full dictionary entry for piper Examples of 'pay the piper' in a sentencepay the piper We must all pay the piper in the end.Now both will have to pay the piper.But, finally, the music has stopped - and somebody must pay the piper.After all, if there's no one to pay the piper, there's no tune.Their insidious 'we pay the piper' control, has seen many compliant courses cutting back to 14 or even 12-runner limits.It's one of those weekends where if we overindulge too much we could pay the piper in a big way.Let the one who pays the piper be heard. |