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pay the piper and call the tune

pay the pip·er and call the tune
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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pey stressed th ee pahy-per and kawl stressed th ee toon, tyoon]
    • /peɪ stressed ði ˈpaɪ pər ænd kɔl stressed ði tun, tyun/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pey stressed th ee pahy-per and kawl stressed th ee toon, tyoon]
    • /peɪ stressed ði ˈpaɪ pər ænd kɔl stressed ði tun, tyun/

Definition of pay the piper and call the tune words

  • noun pay the piper and call the tune to bear the cost of an undertaking and control it 0
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Parts of speech for Pay the piper and call the tune

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
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pay the piper and call the tune popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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