VOCABULARY - IDIOMS

Pay your dues

Meaning:

to earn respect or a position by a lot of hard work and sacrifice.

Examples:

  • He says you've to pay your dues.
  • You must pay your dues.
  • Make your money, pay your dues, don't meddle in politics.
  • Sounds like you want me to pay your dues.
  • Nothing too glamorous, but you pay your dues, climb the ladder.
  • Sounds like you want me to pay your dues.
  • The time has come for you to pay your dues.
  • Sounds like you want me to pay your dues.
  • You just have to pay your dues.
  • No, I gotta pay your dues, right?

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