pay one's way

pay one's way idiom
  1. Also, pay one's own way. Pay in full for one's expenses, as in She paid her way through college by working in the library.
  2. pay someone's way. Pay someone's expenses, as in Dad offered to pay my way if I went to Spain with him.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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