pay the price

English

Verb

pay the price

To incur the negative consequences of one's decision.
- 2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC‎:
  Yet United may have paid the price for overconfidence as they completely lost their concentration after 10 minutes to let Wolves back in.

Synonyms

pay the penalty, pay the piper

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