pay up
Britishverb
Example Sentences
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Netflix can afford longer production timelines; they just don’t want to pay up.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2026
When she tried to stop her lessons Westwood told her she was bound by a contract requiring her to complete 365 lessons or pay up to £36,000.
From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026
That K shape, they said, has increasingly been molded by so-called superfans — artists’ most devoted followers, who are willing to pay up for seats at the front of the house and VIP packages.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
Alcoa fell 8.9% after the aluminum producer said it would pay up to $5.6 billion for bauxite, alumina and aluminum assets from Australia’s South32.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
“I told them I’d pay up this time,” said Ravi.
From "Shooting Kabul" by N. H. Senzai
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