Usually means: Settle consequences of your actions.
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  1. pay the piper: Merriam-Webster
  2. pay the piper: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pay the piper: Wiktionary
  4. pay the piper: Dictionary.com
  5. Pay the piper: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. pay the piper: ESL Idiom Page
  7. pay the piper: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. MoneyGlossary.com (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pay the piper: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pay the piper: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (pay the piper)

verb:  (idiomatic) To pay expenses for something, and thus be in a position to be in control.
verb:  (idiomatic) To pay a monetary or other debt or experience unfavorable consequences, especially when the payment or consequences are inevitable or a result of something one has enjoyed.

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