Usually means: Severe consequences for one's actions.
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  1. hell to pay: Merriam-Webster
  2. hell to pay: Collins English Dictionary
  3. hell to pay: Vocabulary.com
  4. hell to pay: Wiktionary
  5. hell to pay: Dictionary.com
  6. Hell To Pay, Hell to Pay (Dokken album), Hell to Pay (Giangreco book), Hell to Pay (Jeff Healey album), Hell to Pay (The Jeff Healey Band album), Hell to Pay (novel): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. hell to pay: Rhymezone
  8. hell to pay: FreeDictionary.org
  9. hell to pay: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. hell to pay: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. hell to pay: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. hell to pay: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (hell to pay)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) Very unpleasant consequences; a great deal of trouble.

Similar:
an arm and a leg, tough going, can of worms, more than one bargained for, heavy cross to bear, tote, bane of someone's existence, hell, long figure, tough nut to crack, more...

Opposite:
heaven to enjoy, paradise to gain, bliss to experience

Phrases:
No More Hell to Pay, more...

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Similar:
an arm and a leg, tough going, can of worms, more than one bargained for, heavy cross to bear, tote, bane of someone's existence, hell, long figure, tough nut to crack, more...

Opposite:
heaven to enjoy, paradise to gain, bliss to experience

Phrases:
No More Hell to Pay, more...



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