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to pay up
[phrase form: pay]
01
to give someone the money one owes
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Inseparable
Particle
up
Base verb
pay
Present tense
pay up
3rd person singular
pays up
Present participle
paying up
Past simple
paid up
Past participle
paid up
Examples
He borrowed money last month and needs to pay up by Friday.
