cost dear
cost dear · costs dear · cost dear · costing dear
To be expensiveTo be expensive.
» It will cost you dear.
Это дорого тебе обойдётся.
Meaning
2 sensesTo be expensive.
Those extra nights tacked onto his hotel stay will cost him dear.
It will cost him dear to tack additional nights onto his hotel stay.
(broadly)To cause a lot of pain or suffering.
His intransigence will cost him dear in the end.
It will cost him dear to be so intransigent for so long.
Examples
3 sentencesIt will cost you dear.
ruЭто дорого тебе обойдётся. — Ooneykcall
His mistakes cost him dear.
ruЕго ошибки дорого ему обошлись. — soweli_Elepanto
deSein Fehler kam ihm teuer zu stehen. — Sudajaengi
It will cost Tom dear.
Translations
2 languagesForms
costs dear, costing dear, cost dear, cost dear| Base form | cost dear · to cost dear |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | costs dear |
| Present participle | costing dear |
| Past simple | cost dear |
| Past participle | cost dear |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
2 synonymscost an arm and a legcost a pretty penny
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle