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Cost dear
Verb
Definitions
1.
Verb
To be expensive.
"Those extra nights tacked onto his hotel stay will cost him dear.; It will cost him dear to tack additional nights onto his hotel stay."
2.
Verb
To cause a lot of pain or suffering.
"His intransigence will cost him dear in the end.; It will cost him dear to be so intransigent for so long."
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