make someone pay
made someone pay
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Definition of make someone pay - Reverso English Dictionary

Verbal expression

1.
money consequencecause someone to give money as a result of something
  • The company made the customer pay for the damages.
charge fine
2.
punishmentcause someone to suffer as punishment or revenge
  • They vowed to make the traitor pay.
punish retaliate
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Expressions with make

make ofv.
produce or construct from materials
They made a sculpture of clay.
make sensev.
be logical or understandable
His explanation didn't make sense to anyone.
make breadv.
prepare and bake bread from ingredients
She loves to make bread every weekend.
make conversationv.
talk to fill silence or be polite
She tried to make conversation at the dinner party.
make one's bedv.
arrange the bed after sleeping in it
Every morning, I make my bed neatly.
make one's eyes waterv.
cause tears to form in the eyes
The onions make my eyes water.

Expressions with someone

someone's headachen.
pain in the head
Her severe headache kept her from attending the meeting.
someone upstairsn.
person living in the apartment above
The woman upstairs plays loud music every night.
someone's typen.
kind of person someone is attracted to
He realized she was definitely not his type.
at someone's dooradv.
physically close to someone's location
The delivery is at your door.
at someone's feetadv.
very close to someone
The dog sat at her feet, waiting for a treat.
break someone's neckv.
cause serious injury to someone's neck by force
The villain tried to break the hero's neck during the fight.
call someone's numberv.
contact someone by phone
I need to call her number to confirm the meeting time.
catch someone's attentionv.
make someone notice something
The bright colors caught her attention immediately.
follow in someone's tracksv.
move exactly where someone else has walked
The hikers followed in his tracks through the snow.
get someone's attentionv.
make someone notice you
He waved to get her attention from across the room.

Expressions with pay

pay offv.
repay a debt or loan in full
She managed to pay off her student loans last year.
pay downv.
make an initial payment on a purchase
He decided to pay down on the new car.
pay inv.
deposit money into an account
She went to the bank to pay in her paycheck.
pay outv.
distribute money from a fund or account
The company decided to pay out dividends to shareholders.
pay a high pricev.
spend a lot of money for something
He had to pay a high price for the concert tickets.
pay a very high pricev.
spend a lot of money for something
He had to pay a very high price for the car.
pay for itselfv.
earn or save enough to cover its own cost
The new machine will pay for itself in two years.
pay no attentionv.
disregard something as unimportant or irrelevant
She paid no attention to the rumors.
pay the costv.
bear the financial expense of something
You have to pay the cost of the repairs.
pay the pricev.
bear the cost of something
If you want luxury, you must pay the price for it.

Terms related to make someone pay

💡 Terms in the same lexical field: analogies, antonyms, common collocates, words with same roots, hypernyms…
payablepayerpaymentprepayprepaymentrepayrepaymentbillcompensatedeductinvoicelevy

Terms with make someone pay included in their meaning

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attract noticev.
attention
make people pay attention to someone or something
cost someone dearv.
consequence
make someone pay a high price
sting someone forv.
money payment
make someone pay an unfair or high amount
favourable tax treatmentn.
finance
special tax rules that make someone pay less tax than usual

Examples of make someone pay in a sentence

  • They made him pay for breaking the contract.
  • He vowed to make them pay for their betrayal.
  • The villain wanted to make the hero pay for interfering.

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  1. French:faire payer, punir, ...
  2. German:bezahlen lassen, jemanden büßen lassen, ...
  3. Italian:far pagare qualcuno, farla pagare, ...
  4. Spanish:hacer pagar a alguien, hacer pagar, ...
  5. Portuguese:fazer alguém pagar, castigar alguém, ...
  6. Chinese:让某人付钱, 让某人付出代价, ...
  7. Japanese:支払わせる, 償わせる, ...
  8. Arabic:أَجْبَرَ عَلَى الدَّفْع, جَعَلَهُ يَدْفَعُ الثَّمَنَ, ...
  9. Hebrew:לְחַיֵּב לְשַׁלֵּם, לְהַעֲנִישׁ, ...
  10. Russian:заставить платить, заставлять расплачиваться, ...
  11. Ukrainian:змушувати платити, покарати, ...
  12. Hindi:पैसे वसूलना, सजा देना, ...

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