pay up
Frequency: 6.57.0 per million words
To pay money that is owed, often when you are unwilling.
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- I had a hard time getting him to pay up.
- Eventually, the insurance company was forced to pay up.
- If you don't pay up now, we'll take legal action.
- He finally paid up after months of constant reminders.
- The losers of the bet had to pay up immediately.
- They are still refusing to pay up the full amount owed.
- I had to pay up nearly $500 in overdue parking fines.
- If the client doesn't pay up, the contractor will stop working.
- The landlord demanded that the tenants pay up their back rent.
- After the audit, the firm was required to pay up its unpaid taxes.