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Definition of
pay up phrasal verb
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
pay up
phrasal verb
phrasal verb
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Phrasal Verbs
pay up
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to pay all the money that you owe to someone, especially when you do not want to or when the payment is late
I had a hard time getting him to pay up.
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pay up
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