What does hell to pay mean?

hell to pay means "dire consequences".

Is hell to pay a common word?

hell to pay is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Hell to pay — meaning and definition

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
dire consequences
“when the pig ran away there was hell to pay”
Broaderconsequence

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What does hell to pay mean?: hell to pay means "dire consequences".
Is hell to pay a common word?: hell to pay is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for hell to pay come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

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