cost someone dear

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• cost someone dear — ● cost * * * cost someone dear british phrase to cause a lot of problems for someone, or to make them lose a lot of money This is a mistake that could cost the company dear. Thesaurus: to cause problems for someone or somethingsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• cost someone dear — cost (someone) dear if something that someone does, especially something stupid, costs them dear, it causes them a lot of problems. Later that year he attacked a photographer, an incident that cost him dear …   New idioms dictionary

• cost someone dear (or dearly) — involve someone in a serious loss or a heavy penalty. → cost …   English new terms dictionary

• cost someone dear — British to cause a lot of problems for someone, or to make them lose a lot of money This is a mistake that could cost the company dear …   English dictionary

• cost sb dear — ► to cause someone to have a lot problems or to lose a lot of money: »The Government s lack of knowledge about IT systems has undoubtedly cost it dear. Main Entry: ↑dear …   Financial and business terms

• cost someone dearly — (or dear) involve someone in a serious loss or a heavy penalty they were really bad mistakes on my part and they cost us dearly …   Useful english dictionary

• cost dear — cost (someone) dear if something that someone does, especially something stupid, costs them dear, it causes them a lot of problems. Later that year he attacked a photographer, an incident that cost him dear …   New idioms dictionary

• dear — dear1 [ dır ] adjective *** ▸ 1 at beginning of letter ▸ 2 loved/liked very much ▸ 3 expensive ▸ 4 used for speaking to someone ▸ 5 nice ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) Dear used in front of someone s name at the beginning of a letter to them: Dear Diana, I… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• dear — I UK [dɪə(r)] / US [dɪr] adjective Word forms dear : adjective dear comparative dearer superlative dearest *** 1) Dear used in front of someone s name at the beginning of a letter to them Dear Diana, I hope you re feeling better now. 2) loved or… …   English dictionary

• cost — [[t]kɒ̱st, AM kɔ͟ːst[/t]] ♦ costs, costing (The form cost is used in the present tense, and is also the past tense and participle, except for meaning 4, where the form costed is used.) 1) N COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n The cost of something is the …   English dictionary

• cost — verb (past and past participle cost) 1》 require the payment of (a specified sum) in order to be bought or obtained.     ↘cause or require the expenditure or loss of.     ↘informal be expensive for: it ll cost you. 2》 (past and past participle… …   English new terms dictionary