pay your way

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to pay for everything yourself without having to rely on anyone else's money

   you've got to pay your way At the end of the day!

In the movies · 4

• you've got to pay your way At the end of the day!Les Misérables: 25th Anniversary in Concert2010
• 'No, paying his way, not out at night drinking and partying.National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
• You see, all you have to do is pay our way to London.The Great Muppet Caper1981
• You got to pay your own way, Eddie.The Devil's Advocate1997
• I can't afford to have you go to college, I cannot pay your way.Fahrenheit 9/112004

Learn it in full scenes

• National Theatre Live: Prima Facie2022
  • Ensler Lets the Witness Talk
  • Ensler Corners the Witness
  • Tessa Comes Home After the Win

From the same entry

• the devil to pay
• he who pays the piper calls the tune
• pay court to
• pay dividends
• pay for itself
• pay good money for
• pay its way
• pay the penalty
• pay your respects
• pay through the nose
• you pays your money and you takes your choice
• cost an arm and a leg