Antonyms for pay one's dues
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : doo, dyoo |
| Phonetic Transcription : du, dyu |
- allow
- approve
- ask
- blame
- blemish
- break
- charge
- corrupt
- cost
- damage
- debase
- decrease
- deny
- depress
- destroy
- disagree
- discourage
- dissuade
- drop
- earn
- fail
- forfeit
- give
- give in
- harm
- hurt
- ignore
- impair
- injure
- keep
- lessen
- lose
- lower
- mar
- miss
- neglect
- pass
- permit
- punish
- question
- reduce
- refuse
- remain
- request
- ruin
- spend
- spoil
- stay
- stop
- subtract
- surrender
- take
- throw away
- upset
- worsen
- yield
Definition of pay one's dues
Origin :- early 14c., "customary, regular;" mid-14c., "owing, payable," from Old French deu, past participle of devoir "to owe," from Latin debere "to owe" (see debt).
- In reference to points of the compass (e.g. due east) it is attested from c.1600, originally nautical, from notion of "fitting, rightful." As an adverb from 1590s; as a noun from early 15c. Prepositional phrase due to (much maligned by grammarians) is from 1897.
- As in atone : verb compensate; make amends for former misdoing
- As in pay : verb get revenge
- As in reciprocate : verb exchange, alternate; equal
- As in rectify : verb correct a situation; make something right
- As in redress : verb change, rectify
- As in earn : verb make money
- As in expiate : verb make amends for
- As in amend : verb improve, correct
Synonyms for pay one's dues
- absolve
- acquire
- adjust
- alter
- ameliorate
- amend
- annul
- answer
- apologize
- appease
- atone
- atone for
- attain
- avenge oneself
- balance
- barter
- be equivalent
- be gainfully employed
- be in line for
- better
- bring home
- bring home the bacon
- bring home the groceries
- bring in
- cancel
- change
- clean up
- clean up act
- clear
- collect
- compensate
- consummate
- cop
- correct
- correspond
- counteract
- counterbalance
- countercheck
- debug
- derive
- dial back
- do penance
- doctor
- draw
- ease
- effect
- elevate
- emend
- enhance
- even out
- excuse
- expiate
- feel in return
- fix
- fix up
- forgive
- frustrate
- gain
- gather
- get
- get even
- go over
- gross
- help
- hustle
- improve
- interchange
- launder
- lift
- make
- make amends
- make fast buck
- make good
- make it big
- make redress
- make reparation
- make restitution
- make up for
- match
- mend
- modify
- negate
- negative
- net
- neutralize
- obtain
- offset
- outweigh
- pay
- pay back
- pay for
- pay one's dues
- perform
- pick up
- procure
- profit
- propitiate
- pull
- pull down
- punish
- put right
- raise
- rate
- realize
- reap
- recalibrate
- receive
- reciprocate
- recompense
- reconcile
- rectify
- redeem
- redress
- reform
- regulate
- relieve
- remedy
- render
- repair
- repay
- reply
- requite
- respond
- restore
- retaliate
- retort
- return
- return the compliment
- revise
- right
- scare up
- score
- scrape together
- scratch one's back
- scrub
- secure
- serve out
- set off
- settle a score
- shape up
- share
- snag
- sock
- square
- square things
- straighten out
- straighten up
- swap
- swing
- take one's medicine
- tit for tat
- trade
- turn
- turn around
- turn over new leaf
- turn things around
- vacillate
- vindicate
- win
- wrangle
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