pay one's way

1. Also, pay one's own way . Pay in full for one's expenses, as in She paid her way through college by working in the library .

2. pay someone's way . Pay someone's expenses, as in Dad offered to pay my way if I went to Spain with him .

Example Sentences

Of course, like any other function it can be abused; just as hunger may become gluttony, sleeping may become sluggishness, getting the money to pay one's way through life may become ferocious avarice.

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“One just gets enough to live upon and pay one’s way; and one could do that anywhere, without leading such a life as this.”

From Project Gutenberg

Rent has to be paid, butchers demand payment for their meat … I'm speaking figuratively, of course, for I'm a vegetarian myself … and one must pay one's way.

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