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pay (one's) last respects
To show or express one's respect for someone who has died, especially by attending their funeral, wake, memorial service, etc. Anyone who wishes to pay their last respects to my husband is welcome to do so at the viewing this Saturday, from 10 AM to 4 PM.
pay for (something)
1. Literally, to pay money for something that incurs a cost. You're going to have to pay for the vase that your son broke. We weren't having to pay for the water we used where we used to live, so we were shocked when our first water bill came in the mail after moving to this country.
2. To suffer as a punishment or atonement for some ill deed or wrongdoing. Mark my words—you'll pay for double-crossing us! The children are all paying for the crimes of their father.
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pay someone (for something) (with something)
to make payment with something to someone for something or for doing something. I will pay you for the loan you made me with the money I get from selling my car. I will pay you with a check.
pay
one's last respects (to someone) to go to someone's funeral. I paid my last respects to Mr. Kantor yesterday. Scores of people came to pay their last respects.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
- (one's) gamble pays off
- (something) pays for itself
- (you) pay your money and take your choice
- a high price to pay
- a small price to pay
- above (one's) pay grade
- an honest day's pay
- be above (one's) pay grade
- be in the pay of (someone or something)
- be in the pay of somebody/something
- be robbing Peter to pay Paul
- be the price you have to pay
- beyond (one's) pay grade
- call the tune
- cost/pay an arm and a leg
- cost/pay/charge the earth
- crime does not pay
- crime doesn't pay
- devil to pay, the
- fiddler's pay
- give heed to (something)
- give lip service
- give/pay heed
- have hell to pay
- have the devil to pay
- he who pays the piper calls the tune
- hell to pay
- hell to pay, there'll be
- hell/the devil to pay
- hit pay dirt
- hit/strike pay dirt
- if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys
- if you wanna play, you gotta pay
- it (always) pays to (do something)
- it always/never pays to do something
- it never pays to (do something)
- it pays to
- it pays to advertise
- king's ransom
- lip service
- lip service, to give/pay
- live paycheck to paycheck
- live payslip to payslip
- make (one) pay through the nose
- not pay (one) any mind
- not pay (something) any mind
- not pay someone any mind
- pay
- pay (for something) cash on delivery
- pay (for something) COD
- pay (for something) collect on delivery
- pay (for something) in advance
- pay (for something) out of pocket
- pay (for something) through (something)
- pay (for something) up front
- pay (one) a backhanded compliment
- pay (one) a compliment
- pay (one) a left-handed compliment
- pay (one) back in (one's) own coin
- pay (one) back in kind
- pay (one) back with interest
- pay (one) off
- pay (one) respect
- pay (one's) debt
- pay (one's) debt down
- pay (one's) debt to society
- pay (one's) dues
- pay (one's) dues to society
- pay (one's) last respects
- pay (one's) own way
- pay (one's) respects
- pay (one's) way
- pay (someone or something) a call
- pay (someone or something) a compliment
- pay (someone or something) a visit
- pay (someone) back in spades
- pay (someone) on the nail
- pay (someone) under the table
- pay (something) toward (something else)
- pay a backhanded compliment
- pay a call
- pay a call on
- pay a call on (someone or something)
- pay a call to (someone or something)
- pay a compliment
- pay a compliment to (someone or something)
- pay a kingly price (for something)
- pay a king's ransom (for something)
- pay a visit
- pay a visit to (someone or something)
- pay an arm and a leg
- pay an arm and a leg (for something)
- pay as (one) goes
- pay as you go
- pay attention
- pay attention (to someone or something)
- pay back
- pay back in spades
- pay by
- pay cash on the barrelhead
- pay compliment
- pay court to
- pay court to (someone)
- pay court to someone
- pay debt
- pay dirt
- pay dirt, hit
- pay dirt, to hit/strike
- pay dividends
- pay down
- pay down (one's) debt
- pay down (some kind of) debt
- pay dues
- pay for
- pay for (one's) sins
- pay for (someone)
- pay for (something)
- pay for itself
- pay for itself many times over
- pay for the sins of (someone)
- pay heed to
- pay heed to (something)
- pay homage (to someone or something)
- pay homage to
- pay hush money
- pay in
- pay in advance
- pay in someone's own coin, to
- pay into
- pay into (something)
- pay it forward
- pay its way
- pay lip service
- pay lip service to (something)
- pay lip service to something
- pay lip-service to something
- pay off
- pay off in spades
- pay on
- pay on (something)
- pay one's dues
- pay one's dues to society
- pay one's way
- pay out
- pay out of pocket
- pay over the odds
- pay own way
- pay packet
- pay peanuts
- pay respect
- pay respect to (one)
- pay scot and lot
- pay scot and lot (for something)
- pay somebody/something a visit
- pay someone back in their own coin
- pay something back/return something with interest
- pay the bills
- pay the consequences
- pay the debt of nature
- pay the fiddler
- pay the freight
- pay the penalty
- pay the penalty for (something)
- pay the piper
- pay the piper and call the tune
- pay the piper, to
- pay the price
- pay the price, to
- pay the price/penalty
- pay the rent
- pay the ultimate price
- pay the water bill
- pay through
- pay through the nose
- pay through the nose (for something)
- pay through the nose, to
- pay to (do something)
- pay to do
- pay too dearly for (one's) whistle
- pay top dollar
- pay tribute to
- pay tribute to (someone or something)
- pay tribute to somebody/something
- pay up
- pay way
- pay with the roll of the drum
- pay your money and take your choice
- pay your respects
- pay your way
- pay your/its way
- pay(s) your money and take(s) your choice, you
- pay, earn, charge, etc. top dollar
- payback
- pay-for-play
- pay-to-play
- pound of flesh
- price one has to pay
- price to pay
- return it with interest
- rob Peter to pay Paul
- rob Peter to pay Paul, to
- stick and stay, make it pay
- strike pay dirt
- that's the price to/you pay (for something)
- that's why they pay (one) the big bucks
- the deuce to pay
- the devil to pay
- the price (one) has to pay
- there will be a price to pay (for something)
- there will be hell to pay
- there will be the deuce to pay
- there will be the devil to pay
- there'll be hell to pay
- there's a price to pay (for something)
- third time pays for all
- top dollar
- you get what you pay for
- you pay your money, and you take your chance(s)
- you pay your money, and you take your choice
- you pays your money and takes your choice
- You pays your money and you takes your chance
- you pays your money and you takes your choice
- you pays your money, and you takes your chance(s)
- you pays your money, and you takes your choice