pay for|pay イディオム
pay for|pay
v. To have trouble because of (something you did wrong or did not do); be punished or suffer because of. When Bob could not get a good job, he realized he had to pay for all the years of fooling around instead of working in school. Mary was very mean to John because she wanted to make him pay for all the years in which he had ignored her.
Compare: MAKE UP(3b), PAY OFF.pay for|pay
v. To accept agitation because of (something you did amiss or did not do); be punished or ache because of. When Bob could not get a acceptable job, he accomplished he had to pay for all the years of bluffing about instead of alive in school. Mary was actual beggarly to John because she capital to accomplish him pay for all the years in which he had abandoned her.
Compare: MAKE UP(3b), PAY OFF. Dictionary