| 单词 | pay one's dues |
| 释义 | pay one's duesSEE SYNONYMS FOR pay one's dues ON THESAURUS.COM Earn something through hard work, long experience, or suffering. For example, She'd paid her dues in small-town shows before she finally got a Broadway part. This expression transfers the cost of being a paid-up member in an organization to that of gaining experience in an endeavor. [Mid-1900s] Words nearby pay one's duesPayne, Payne operation, paynim, payoff, payola, pay one's dues, pay one's respects, pay one's way, payout, payout ratio, PayPass The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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